Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational disease claims. [HB-121]
Amend KRS 342.125 to remove the requirement that an affected employee previously diagnosed with occupational pneumoconiosis resulting from exposure to coal dust must have an additional two years of employment in the Commonwealth wherein the employee was continuously exposed to the hazards of the disease in order to reopen a claim.
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AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-93]
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance and declaring an emergency. [HB-80]
Amend KRS 341.030 to provide that reimbursements paid to volunteer firefighters for traveling to respond to emergencies or for the use of his or her personal vehicle or other equipment in responding to emergencies, shall not be considered wages for purposes of unemployment insurance; RETROACTIVE to March 6, 2020; EMERGENCY.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [SB-32]
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for employers to $15.00 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to earned paid sick leave. [HB-69]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide earned paid sick leave to employees; provide that employees earn paid sick leave upon the date of hire and can use the leave after being employed for 90 days; set forth allowable uses of accrued earned paid sick leave; designate how notice of need to use earned paid sick leave is provided by employees; amend KRS 337.990 to establish the penalty for employers that fail to follow earned paid sick leave requirements.
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to registration of professional employer organizations and declaring an emergency. [HB-10]
Amend KRS 336.236 to change the registration period for existing professional employer organizations as of July 14, 2022, to register with the Department of Workers' Claims by July 15, 2024; amend KRS 336.248 to require professional employer organizations to report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client between the effective date of the Act and December 31, 2024; provide that after January 1, 2025, the professional employer organization shall report
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to local regulatory actions. [HB-34]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 82 to define "city," "project labor agreement," and "public construction project"; permit a city to establish a mandatory preference for awarding public construction project contracts to unions through a negotiated project labor agreement; permit cities to negotiate wages that are higher than the state or federal minimum wage as a condition of the project labor agreement; create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to registration of professional employer organizations and declaring an emergency. [SB-10]
Amend KRS 336.236 to change the registration period for existing professional employer organizations as of July 14, 2022, to register with the Department of Workers' Claims by July 15, 2024; amend KRS 336.248 to require professional employer organizations to report and pay all unemployment insurance fund contributions using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client between the effective date of the Act and December 31, 2024; provide that after January 1, 2025, the professional employer organization shall report
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Kentucky 2023 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family care leave. [HB-15]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "family care leave," "family member," "health care provider," "same employer," and "serious health condition"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit employers from refusing to grant a qualified an employee family care leave; entitle an employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment protections. [SB-360]
Amend KRS 337.420 to make an employer only have to have one employee to be subject to the wage discrimination requirements; amend KRS 337.423 to require no wage discrimination for what has been paid to current or past employees and prohibit an employer from discriminating against an employee for discussing wages.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workplace standards. [SB-381]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 338 to require employers to have a written inclement weather plan for their employees; amend KRS 338.991 to assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 each violation.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [SB-382]
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 336.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employer practices. [SB-358]
Create a new section of KRS 344 to define terms, prohibit an employer from conditioning employment or access to business premises on an employee or individual obtaining a vaccination passport or providing protected health information; prohibit employer discrimination on the basis of a health condition or in application of workplace policies.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the administration of payroll systems. [SB-7]
Amend KRS 336.180 to define "political activities," "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "labor organization," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.134 to prohibit any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee; create new sections
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to serving alcoholic beverages. [SB-365]
Amend KRS 244.090 to allow an individual 18 years of age or older who has a high school diploma or an equivalent degree to be employed by specified alcoholic beverage licensees.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment. [SB-362]
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to limit the application of the definition of "labor organization" and delete definitions of "employer" and "employee"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require as a condition of employment membership therein; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to economic development. [SB-324]
Amend KRS 154.26-050 to include gender-neutral language.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-376]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; create new section of KRS Chapter 151B to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create new sections of Subchapter 2 of KRS Chapter 154 to require annual job training reports by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 154 to require a report on occupational licenses by the Kentucky Commission on Military Affairs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to require the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure to review
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing a study to examine and evaluate the existing public funding and efficacy of workforce education and development programs in the Commonwealth. [SCR-168]
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to hire a consultant or in the alternative have the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee study the existing public funding and efficacy of workforce education and development programs in the Commonwealth.
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to economic development. [SB-344]
Amend KRS 154.10-020 to include gender-neutral language.