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Employment law in United States — Kansas

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

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  Kansas Statutes § 39-1432 Same; immunity from liability of certain persons; employer prohibited from imposing sanctions on employee making report; attorney fees awarded, when.

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  People involved in making or following up a report are generally protected from civil liability, but not if they acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. Employers may not punish employees for making or helping with a report, and a court may award reasonable attorney fees against a violating employer.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a157 Same.

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  A specified employee becomes an eligible member of the Kansas public employees retirement system if the required employer and employee contributions are paid, and may receive participating service credit from the date of membership.

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  Kansas Statutes § 75-2975 Academic degree requirements for employment or promotion; acceptability; conditions; applicability of act.

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  For covered state employment or promotion, a degree is acceptable if it comes from an institution recognized by the issuing state as authorized to confer degrees and approved or accredited; the applicant must also give the state agency a transcript with specified proof details.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a105 Membership and service credit for certain employees.

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  Certain qualifying employees of a participating employer are eligible for membership in the Kansas public employees retirement system and full service credit, if contribution payments are made.

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  Kansas Statutes § 38-2224 Same; employer prohibited from imposing sanctions on employee making report or cooperating in investigation; penalty.

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  An employer must not punish an employee for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect, or for cooperating with an investigation.

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  Kansas Statutes § 44-717 Collection of employer payments; penalties and interest, past-due reports and payments; priorities; liens, enforcement; seizure and sale of property; procedure; refunds; cash deposit or bond; liability of officers and stockholders and members and managers of limited liability companies; electronic filing of wage reports, contribution returns and payments; waiver of electronic filing; grace period for certain penalties.

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  Employers must file quarterly wage reports and contribution returns on time, and certain employers and administrators must file and pay electronically. Late filing, late payment, and noncompliance can trigger penalties, interest, liens, levies, warrants, and personal liability.

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  Kansas Statutes § 75-5745 Federal coronavirus relief fund appropriations for fiscal years 2021 and 2022; transfers to the employment security fund and legislature employment security fund; amounts; procedure; determination of improper payments; report by unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council; review and certification by secretary; transfers of additional amounts; review by legislative budget committee; authorization by legislative coordinating council; legislature employment security fund created; improper payments defined.

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  This provision directs state officials to identify eligible federal coronavirus relief money, transfer specified amounts into the employment security fund and a new legislature employment security fund, and report on improper payments.

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  Kansas Statutes § 75-5748 Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund created; administration by secretary; purpose; provision of matching grants to sheltered workshop employers; application; transition plan required; subsequent additional grants; information to be provided to the secretary; reports to legislature; transfer of moneys to fund.

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  Kansas creates a transition fund for sheltered workshop employers and requires the labor secretary to administer it.

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  Kansas Statutes § 17-12a408 Termination of employment or association of agent and investment adviser representative and transfer of employment or association.

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  Certain firms must promptly file a notice when an agent or investment adviser representative terminates, and the administrator has several powers over transfer and registration filings.

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  Kansas Statutes § 44-5a10 Disability or death from silicosis; compensation rights.

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  This provision sets a presumption against silicosis-related disability or death being work-related unless the exposure conditions are met, and it protects compensation rights against the same employer in a narrow case.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a85 Same; basis for computation.

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  A qualifying employee is entitled to prior service credit at retirement, and the prior service benefit must be calculated using a $150 annual salary.

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  Kansas Statutes § 47-852 Employer retribution for reporting; prohibition; remedy.

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  An employer may not fire or otherwise discriminate against an employee for making a report under the cited Kansas statutes.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-50,230 Definitions.

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  This provision defines key terms used in the Kansas apprenticeship act.

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  Kansas Statutes § 19-2689 Kansas association of counties; participating employer in KPERS.

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  The Kansas association of counties must join KPERS as a participating employer and pay required employer and employee contributions within 35 days after the act takes effect.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a42 Same; basis for computation.

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  A qualifying participating-employer employee must be given service credit for earlier service before January 1, 1962, and the prior service benefit must be computed using a $3,360 annual salary.

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  Kansas Statutes § 44-822 Rights of agricultural employers.

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  An agricultural employer may manage production, use or hire family labor, and speak freely to employees about those matters, but may not threaten discharge or wage loss because of protected labor activities.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a109 Same.

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  A specific reemployed participating employee must be reinstated in the retirement system and receive participating service credit if the stated contributions are paid.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a92 Same; basis for computation.

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  Certain eligible participating-employer employees are entitled to specific retirement service credit, and the prior service benefit must be calculated using a stated annual salary amount.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a61 Prior service credit for certain employees; basis for computation.

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  Certain long-term participating-employer employees may get prior service credit and participating service credit if contributions are paid.

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  Kansas Statutes § 74-49a141 Participating service credit for certain employees; election to purchase; payment of employer contributions.

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  Certain eligible members may buy service credit by paying 4% of prior compensation, and the payment must be made within 6 months of the act’s effective date.

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