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Employment law in United States — Kentucky

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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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 154A.080 Personnel program for employees -- Conflict of interest provisions -- Background investigations -- Employment of specified persons by corporation prohibited.

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  The corporation must maintain an employee personnel program, provide a retirement plan, and follow conflict-of-interest and background-check rules for staff and applicants.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 12.210 Power of Governor or state department to employ attorneys -- Compensation -- Employment by more than one department.

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  The Governor or an approved department may hire attorneys and set their term and pay. An attorney hired to collect revenue owed to the state from a resident cannot be hired by personal service contract.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.260 Payment of contributions by employer -- Guarantee and liability of contractor.

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  Employers subject to this chapter must pay unemployment contributions, cannot deduct them from workers’ wages, and contractors in certain subcontracting arrangements must withhold money or require a bond to cover the subcontractor’s contributions, penalties, and interest.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 78.615 Deduction of employee contributions -- Service credit -- Employer's report -- Picked-up employee contributions.

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  Employers must deduct employee contributions from regular full-time employees, pick up contributions after August 1, 1982, and file school-board reports on time; certain employees and leave situations are excluded or handled differently.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.020 Medical treatment at expense of employer -- Duration of employer's obligation -- Continuation of benefits -- Selection of physician and hospital -- Payment -- Managed health care system -- Artificial members and braces -- Waiver of privilege -- Disclosure of interest in referrals -- Urine drug screenings -- Pharmacist services and procedures.

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  The employer must pay covered medical treatment for work injuries or occupational disease, with rules on duration, provider selection, payment timing, disclosures, drug testing limits, and pharmacist reimbursement.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.540 Reserve accounts of successive employing units -- Resources and liabilities -- Contribution rate -- Penalties.

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  This section sets rules for successor and predecessor unemployment reserve accounts, requires certain employers to file an application, and imposes penalties for knowing violations.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 338.021 Exclusions.

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  This section says who is covered by the chapter and lists exclusions.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 405.465 Income withholding or wage assignments for child support, medical support, maintenance, and medical support insurance orders.

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  This section requires income withholding for covered child support and related orders, and it imposes notice, payment-holding, and anti-retaliation duties on employers.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 407.5501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

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  An out-of-state income-withholding order may be sent to the employer without first filing a petition or registering the order with a tribunal.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 6.827 Dispute resolution with respect to statements of expenditures and statements of financial transactions -- Civil liability for false information.

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  Employers or legislative agents must give the relevant official a copy of a required expenditure or financial-transaction statement at least 10 days before filing, and may have to file an amended statement if the commission says the item should be reported.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 336.134 Public employer prohibited from deducting from wages of any public employee for charges to a labor organization or for political activities.

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  A public employer must not deduct from a public employee’s pay for labor organization charges or political activities.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 141.345 Refund or credit in case of overpayment.

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  An employer may get a refund or credit for an overpayment of tax only if the overpaid amount was not already deducted and withheld, and the employer submits a written application to the department within 4 years of the overpayment date.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.272 Contribution rate of new employer engaged in contract construction trades.

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  New employers in contract construction trades must pay the maximum contribution rate at first, then later move to the normal KRS 341.270(4) rate after meeting the stated employment history.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith.

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  Public employers and labor organizations are prohibited from interfering with firefighters’ rights and must bargain in good faith when the provision applies.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.605 Resumption of employment by retired member -- Continuation of retirement allowance -- Individuals who retire and are reemployed -- Part-time, substitute teaching, and nonteaching employment -- Health insurance coverage. (Effective until July 15, 2026)

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  Retired members may return to covered work and keep their retirement allowance, but only if they follow the section’s pay limits, separation-from-service rules, contribution rules, and insurance rules.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.316 Liability of employer and previous employers for occupational disease -- Claims procedure -- Administrative regulations -- Time limitations on claims -- Determination of liable employer -- Audit -- Amount of compensation -- Effect of concluded coal workers' pneumoconiosis claim.

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  This section sets who pays occupational disease compensation, how claims are filed and processed, and key deadlines and medical-evidence rules.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 338.141 Issuance of citation by commissioner -- Time limitation for issuance of citation -- Additional time for compliance -- Hearing.

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  The commissioner must issue a citation to an employer after an inspection finds a chapter violation, and the citation must set a correction date.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.590 Additional contributions if federal government fails to provide funds for administration.

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  If the federal government does not certify funding for a fiscal year, every employer covered by this chapter must pay a 0.3% contribution on wages for covered employment.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 311.6205 Physician wellness program -- Participation -- Disclosure.

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  Physicians in a wellness program do not have to disclose participation or report related information, and entities may not make that disclosure or reporting a condition or basis for adverse action.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.611 Supplemental retirement benefit plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments.

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  The board may create and run a supplemental retirement benefit plan, and the employer must pay eligible supplemental benefits.

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