JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage.

The law, passed as a ballot initiative, had been challenged by conservatives and business groups as a “job killer.” Workers’ rights advocates called its repeal a betrayal.

The state's minimum wage, which voters approved increasing at the same time as the paid sick leave provision, also will no longer rise with inflation.