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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 § 61.615 Vocational experts -- Disability retirement allowance -- Reduction -- Discontinuance -- Determinations by medical examiner or vocational expert -- Hearings and appeals -- Early retirement and reinstatement of disability allowance for member who began participating before January 1, 2014.

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  The section lets the Authority use vocational experts and review disability retirement allowances, and it requires recipients to report gainful employment and follow hearing and reinstatement deadlines.

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  KRS § 61.600 Disability retirement.

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  This section sets conditions for disability retirement, including service, filing deadlines, and medical findings.

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  KRS § 21.402 Hybrid cash balance plan for certain members of Legislators' Retirement Plan and Judicial Retirement Plan -- Member contributions and employer pay credits -- Interest credits -- Termination of employment -- Options upon retirement -- Individual members' accounts established by board of Judicial Form Retirement System.

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  This section sets up a hybrid cash balance retirement plan for certain members and gives the board duties to maintain accounts and credit contributions and interest.

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  KRS § 78.5524 Disability retirement for person whose last date of employment was in hazardous position.

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  This section lets certain people with hazardous-position employment seek disability retirement, if they meet the service, filing, and medical evidence requirements.

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  KRS § 518.030 Receiving commercial bribe.

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  A person commits receiving a commercial bribe by knowingly taking or agreeing to take a benefit, without required consent, to influence conduct against an employer’s, principal’s, or beneficiary’s interest.

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  KRS § 395A.030 Applicability.

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  This chapter applies to listed fiduciaries, personal representatives, conservatorship proceedings, trustees, and custodians in the stated circumstances, but not to an employer’s digital asset used by an employee in the ordinary course of business.

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  KRS § 141.335 Annual withholding statement to be furnished employee.

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  Certain employers must give each employee a written annual withholding statement by January 31, or earlier if employment ends.

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  KRS § 335B.010 Definitions for KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070.

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  This section defines terms used in KRS 335B.020 to 335B.070.

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  KRS § 337.015 Leave of absence for employee to receive adoptive child -- Adoptive parents to receive paid leave and other benefits provided to birth parents -- Exemptions..

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  Employers must give adoptive-employee leave and the same paid leave and benefits they give birth parents, subject to stated adoption exemptions.

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  KRS § 61.637 Suspension of retirement payments on reemployment -- Reinstatement -- Recomputation of allowance -- Waiver of provisions in certain instances -- Reemployment in a different position -- Effect of reemployment of retired member -- Retired member serving as volunteer, independent contractor, or leased employee -- Effect of reelection for same office -- Resignation not required of certain mayors and city legislative body members to draw benefits -- Certification of absence of prearranged agreement or qualification as independent contractor or leased employee -- Forms.

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  This section limits or suspends retirement benefits when a retired member returns to covered work, and it requires notices, repayments, and employer reporting in some cases.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 75A.140 Consolidated emergency service district's participation in County Employees Retirement System -- Status of employees who previously participated in CERS.

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  A consolidated emergency service district must apply to join the County Employees Retirement System if most of its forming entities were already participating employers; certain existing employees keep their CERS participation and classifications.

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  KRS § 161.643 Records and annual reports for annuitants employed by school districts or agencies -- Penalty for noncompliance -- System may require more frequent reporting.

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  School districts, institutions, and agencies that employ retirement-system annuitants must keep an annual report on file by August 1 each year; the retirement system may fine noncompliance and may require more frequent reporting.

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  KRS § 351.186 Workers' compensation premium -- Credit for certified drug-free workplace program at coal mine.

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  Qualified employers may get a workers’ compensation premium credit for a certified drug-free workplace, and insurers must provide it.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 216.793 Notice on application form of criminal record check -- Form of request -- Fee.

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  Certain employers and facilities must put a criminal-record-check notice on application forms for specified care-related jobs, and the request for records must use an approved form or process.

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  KRS § 42.0146 Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Contract Compliance -- Oversight of certification program for disabled veteran-owned businesses -- Administrative regulations.

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  This section defines disabled veteran and disabled veteran-owned business, requires applicants to show proof of disability, directs the office to oversee the certification program, and authorizes the cabinet to issue regulations.

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  KRS § 40.327 Loan repayment program for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses employed by Department of Veterans' Affairs -- KHEAA to administer program -- Funding.

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  The Department of Veterans' Affairs must create a loan repayment program for its registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, and KHEAA must administer it.

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  KRS § 16.545 Contributions of members -- Picked-up employee contributions.

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  Members must contribute 8% of creditable compensation each pay period, and employers must deduct and pick up the required contributions, with a limited exemption for certain members over age 55 on July 1, 1958.

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  KRS § 61.373 Restoration of public employee to position after military duty -- Right to leave of absence -- Appeals.

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  Public employees called to military duty may have reemployment and restoration rights, and state employers must grant leave and allow return when they come back.

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  KRS § 150.090 Commissioner's power and duty to appoint all game wardens considered to be necessary for the efficient administration of the department -- Each game warden is individually vested with the powers of a peace officer in all parts of the state -- Employment contract permitted.

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  The commissioner must appoint and manage game wardens needed for the department, and game wardens get broad peace-officer powers and enforcement authority.

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  KRS § 11A.040 Acts prohibited for public servant or officer -- Exceptions.

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  Public servants and certain former public servants are barred from using confidential information, taking certain benefits, handling conflicts of interest, and accepting some outside jobs without approval or exceptions.

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