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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 § 329.080 Unlawful act of examiner not grounds to revoke license of employer -- Exception.

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  An examiner’s or trainee’s unlawful act does not by itself justify revoking another examiner’s license, unless the cabinet is satisfied that the other examiner willfully helped.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 198B.430 Employment of special inspectors.

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  A company authorized to insure elevators in the state, and a city government, may designate people to inspect elevators, if they hold certificates of competency in elevator inspection.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 61.740 Information required to be filed.

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  People who must file under KRS 61.710 to 61.780 must submit specified information to the Registry of Election Finance.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.400 Duties of actuary -- Actuarial investigations, valuations, and analyses.

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  The board must appoint a qualified actuary and require regular actuarial investigations, valuations, and reports.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.623 Use of unused sick-leave days to determine service credit -- Applicability to individuals becoming members on or after July 1, 2008 -- Maximum amount.

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  This section lets certain school employers buy service credit for a retiring member’s unused sick leave, and it sets limits, payment timing, and reporting rules.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 311A.167 Procedures that an advanced medical technician may perform -- New curriculum or administrative regulation -- Reasonable control by employer -- Construction.

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  An advanced emergency medical technician may perform procedures allowed by the current training curriculum or by board regulation, but untrained people may not perform new procedures unless they are retrained and competent.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 311A.165 Emergency medical technicians -- Permitted activities -- Reasonable control by employers -- Utilization of emergency medical technicians in medical care facilities.

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  Emergency medical technicians may perform listed procedures, but people untrained under a new curriculum or regulation may not do new procedures until trained and competent.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 151B.402 Legislative findings relating to need for High School Equivalency Diplomas -- Incentives -- Administrative regulations -- Learning contracts -- Tuition discounts -- Tax credit for employers -- Annual report. (Effective July 15, 2026)

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  The section sets up regulations, tuition discounts, an employer tax credit, and an annual reporting duty tied to High School Equivalency Diploma programs.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 339.360 Issuance of age certificates.

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  Employers must get proof of age from employees, and the local board of education must issue age certificates to minors seeking work when requested and after proof of age is shown.

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  KRS § 341.090 Base period, extended base period, benefit year, and base-period wages.

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  This section defines base period, extended base period, benefit year, and base-period wages for unemployment insurance.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.614 Court-ordered back salary and reinstatement.

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  If a court orders back salary or reinstatement, the member and employer must pay retirement-system contributions, and credit is only allowed when the statute’s payment and timing conditions are met.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 61.102 Reprisal against public employee for disclosure of violations of law prohibited -- Construction of statute.

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  Employers may not retaliate against employees who in good faith report suspected legal or public-safety wrongdoing, and may not require advance notice before such a report.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 292.334 Notice of termination of employment or association -- Termination of registration or application by commissioner -- Temporary registration -- Withdrawal of registration or notice filing.

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  This section sets notice, withdrawal, temporary registration, and termination rules for certain securities registrants and advisers.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 35.140 Detail or employment of reporters and interpreters.

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  The convening authority of certain military courts must provide qualified court reporters, and may also provide interpreters.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.710 Rehabilitation rights, duties, and procedures -- Acceleration of benefits.

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  This section gives injured employees rehabilitation-related medical and vocational benefits, lets an administrative law judge order and oversee services, and limits accelerated benefits and refusal consequences.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 77.110 Persons ineligible to membership on boards or employment by district.

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  A person with an interest in selling or controlling certain air pollution prevention equipment cannot hold specified air pollution board or district jobs.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.400 Notice of employee's rejection to be preserved.

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  Employers must keep executed employee rejection notices while those employees remain employed, and no person may fraudulently and willfully destroy, hide, alter, or remove such notices.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 95.877 Each member deemed to authorize deductions for contributions.

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  Each member is deemed to authorize deductions for contributions and is treated as agreeing to have the amounts deducted from salary or picked up by the employer.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 140.063 Exemption of annuities or other payments under employees' trusts -- Retirement annuities -- Individual retirement bonds, accounts, and annuities.

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  Certain annuities, retirement payments, and IRA-type amounts are excluded from taxation under KRS Chapter 140 for qualifying beneficiaries, subject to stated contribution-based limits.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 335B.075 Collection of data by licensing authorities -- Licensee may decline use -- Reporting. (Effective January 1, 2028)

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  Licensing authorities covered by this section must collect specified licensee data during renewal and report it on request for workforce tracking. Licensees may also tell the authority they want their personal data withheld from being shared with other employers or agencies.

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