Efforts are underway to reverse the decision made by Missouri voters in last month's election, which approved increases to the minimum wage.

Missouri business groups have filed a lawsuit to try to stop a voter-approved law that will raise the state’s minimum wage and require employers to give workers paid sick leave.

Several business groups are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn the voter-passed Proposition A, which will raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 and mandate paid sick leave.

Missouri voters passed Proposition A with 57% approval. Unless the state Supreme Court grants a legal challenge, the first minimum wage increase kicks in Jan. 1.

Missouri's new law boosting the minimum wage and providing paid sick leave for workers should be thrown out because it violated constitutional rules on ballot initiatives, a coalition of Missouri business advocacy groups argued in a lawsuit filed Friday.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce says the law violates the requirement that ballot measures only address one issue.

A coalition of business owners and organizations filed a petition with the Missouri Supreme Court, which aims to overturn the voter-approved minimum wage increase.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, restaurant, and grocers associations want to stop a voter-approved boost to hourly pay and sick days.

Missouri business groups have sued to block the voter-approved Proposition A, which increases the state's minimum wage and mandates paid sick leave.

Allied organizations filed a petition with the court Friday seeking to overturn Proposition A, which was supported by 57.6% of voters in the November election.