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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 § 161.507 Prior service credit for veterans -- Credit for military service and uniformed service by active contributing member.

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  Active contributing members of the Teachers' Retirement System may get service credit for certain military, uniformed service, reserve, and National Guard service, but only under stated conditions and payment rules.

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  KRS § 216.533 Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities long-term care facilities -- Criminal background checks for applicants for employment -- Persons who may not be employed -- Effect of pardon or expunged record -- Exemption from KRS 216.789(1).

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  Certain state-run long-term care facilities must run criminal background checks on job applicants and cannot knowingly hire people with specified felony convictions, though pardoned or expunged people may be employed.

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  KRS § 70.293 Terms of employment of retired police officer. (Effective until July 15, 2026)

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  Retired police officers hired under this section work for up to one year at a time, may be renewed at the county's discretion, and keep their retirement and health insurance benefits while certain county coverage and contribution payments are barred.

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  KRS § 337.275 Minimum wage.

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  Employers must pay employees at least the minimum hourly wage, with special rules for tipped employees.

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  KRS § 18A.105 Compensation, retirement system contributions of employee ordered reinstated without loss of pay.

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  When an employee is ordered reinstated without loss of pay, the board’s executive director must send the order to the Personnel Cabinet and the Finance and Administration Cabinet, which must process payment.

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  KRS § 405.467 Withholding order issued by office -- Notice -- Hearing -- Combining orders and allocating amounts -- Duty and liability of employer -- Priority -- Interstate requests.

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  The Office of the Attorney General must issue and manage wage-withholding orders for child support and related medical support, and employers must forward withheld wages.

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  KRS § 198B.680 Inspector's conflict of interest.

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  Inspectors for HVAC work must not have a pecuniary interest in any HVAC business while employed. When appointed or employed as an inspector, the person's license or certificate becomes inactive; after that role ends, it may be reactivated without examination by written request and payment of a reactivation fee.

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  KRS § 173.510 Expenses -- Employment of relatives -- Conflict of interest.

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  Board members cannot be paid for their services, but they may be reimbursed for approved actual expenses. The board may not hire itself or close relatives as library staff, and a person with a direct or indirect interest in sales to the library is not eligible for the office.

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  KRS § 95.873 Investments by board -- Employment of consultants.

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  The board may invest fund money in specified bonds or securities and may hire consultants for investment advice at its own cost.

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  KRS § 341.092 Previously uncovered services.

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  This section defines “previously uncovered wages” and says certain benefit payments tied to those wages are not chargeable to specified employer accounts, but only when federal law reimburses those payments.

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  KRS § 11A.226 Dispute resolution with respect to statements of expenditures and statements of financial transactions.

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  People involved in a covered dispute may file a complaint with the commission, which must investigate it.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 80.807 Repealed, 1966.

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  This section was repealed in 1966; its former catchline was “Employes.”

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