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Employment law in United States — Kentucky

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 338.161 Statistical records -- Posting of notices.

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  The Department of Workplace Standards must run an occupational safety and health statistics program, and employers must keep and share prescribed records. The department must also require employers to inform employees of their protections and obligations by notice or other suitable means.

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  KRS § 341.277 Financing benefits for employees of governmental entities.

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  Governmental entities that become subject employers must pay unemployment contributions unless they elect to reimburse the cabinet instead, and that election comes with notice, payment, deposit, and timing rules.

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  KRS § 341.145 Reciprocal arrangements -- Recovery of benefit overpayments.

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  The secretary may make reciprocal unemployment-benefit arrangements with other states or the federal government, and benefits cannot be cut just because a claimant files or lives in another state or a contiguous country.

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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. (Effective until July 15, 2026)

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  This section says Kentucky will support High School Equivalency Diploma programs with regulations, tuition discounts for qualifying students, and a state tax credit for qualifying employers.

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  KRS § 141.325 Withholding exemptions -- Certificates.

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  Employees who receive wages are entitled to withholding exemptions and must give their employer a signed exemption certificate, with updates required when the claimed exemptions change.

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  KRS § 407.5504 Immunity from civil liability.

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  An employer that follows a qualifying out-of-state income-withholding order is protected from civil liability for withholding child support from the obligor’s income.

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  KRS § 337.340 Power to question employees.

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  Every employer must allow the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized agent to question employees at the workplace during work hours about wages and hours worked.

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  KRS § 161.607 Employment in position covered by other Kentucky retirement system.

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  Some Teachers' Retirement System members may keep that membership when moving into certain other Kentucky public retirement-covered jobs, but they must choose within 90 days; certain General Assembly members must also make contributions, and some cancellation elections must be completed by January 1, 1977.

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  KRS § 161.552 Definitions for section -- Employer contributions for retiree health benefits to be deposited into state accumulation fund when medical insurance fund reaches actuarial funding level of at least one hundred percent -- Restoration of funding.

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  When the medical insurance fund reaches at least 100%, specified employer contributions for retiree health benefits go to the state accumulation fund; if the fund later falls below 95% after first reaching 100%, those contributions go back to the medical insurance fund.

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  KRS § 67A.205 Employment of retired police officers -- Eligibility -- Requirements.

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  An urban-county government may hire certain retired police officers, but only if they meet listed eligibility requirements and the hiring cap is not exceeded.

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  KRS § 205.8465 Mandatory reporting of violations -- Confidentiality -- Prohibition against employer discrimination or retaliation.

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  People who know or reasonably suspect a violation must report it to the named Medicaid fraud authorities or hotline, reports are confidential, employers may not retaliate, and certain state employees may not disclose the reporter or the report too early.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 45.560 Definitions.

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  This section defines several terms used in KRS 45.570 to 45.640, including contract, contractor, contracting agency, subcontractor, cabinet, and equal employment opportunity job categories.

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