Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workforce development. [SB-207]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership and articulate responsibilities of the collaborative; authorize service coordination and combination service programs; articulate responsibilities of local workforce development boards; establish performance milestones and deadlines for attainment; require annual reporting beginning July 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jimmy Higdon
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 220) on 04/14/2022
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AN ACT relating to collective bargaining for public employees. [HB-537]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336, relating to collective bargaining for public employees; amend KRS 336.010 to define "public employees"; amend KRS 336.130 to allow employees of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to collectively bargain.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Withdrawn on 02/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to guidelines and standards for labor and workforce development and declaring an emergency. [SB-180]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Education and Labor Cabinet and move all divisions and offices of the existing Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Labor Cabinet to the Education and Labor Cabinet; establish the duties, responsibilities, powers, and authority of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet; provide that the Education and Labor Cabinet shall exercise all administrative functions of the state concerning employer-employee relationships, including the safety of workers and workers' compensation;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Nemes
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 236) on 04/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to electricians. [HB-510]
Amend KRS 227A.100 to exempt an electrician from making up continuing education credits that were missed when the continuing education requirement was suspended; limit the eligible suspension period to run from March 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022; make amendments RETROACTIVE to March 31, 2022.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-509]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Gentry
Introduced In House on 02/16/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations. [HB-506]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to declare that professional employer organizations provide a valuable service to commerce and should be properly recognized and regulated; define "client," "co-employer," "co-employment relationship," "covered employee," "insurer," "person," "professional employer agreement," "professional employer organization," "professional employer organization group," "professional employer services," "registrant," and "temporary help service"; indicate that covered employees shall be deemed employees of the client for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 50) on 03/29/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employee child-care assistance and declaring an emergency. [HB-499]
Create a new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to create the Employee Child-Care Assistance Partnership program; define terms; obligate the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to administer the program; establish reporting requirements; establish a fund for the program; authorize the cabinet to administer the fund; direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to effectuate the program; establish program requirements for employers and employees; establish requirements for both permissive and mandatory termination of the program contract;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 184) on 04/08/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [SB-171]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to include a prohibition on discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.100, 344.110, and 18A.095 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating
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Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal
To Judiciary (s) on 02/15/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of R. Roland Case as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-111]
Confirm the reappointment of R. Roland Case as administrative law judge for the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Adopted 31-0 on 03/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of Stephanie Letitia Kinney as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-109]
Confirm the reappointment of Stephanie Letitia Kinney as administrative law judge at the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Adopted 31-0 on 03/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of W. Greg Harvey as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-95]
Confirm the reappointment of W. Greg Harvey as administrative law judge at the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Wilson
Adopted 36-0 on 02/23/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-4]
Amend KRS 341.005 to define "enhanced federal benefits" and "state average unemployment rate"; amend KRS 341.100 to define "suitable work" under certain circumstances; amend KRS 341.270 and KRS 341.272 to reduce the minimum period of time for an employer to qualify for a lower contribution rate to four quarters; amend KRS 341.350 to require that eligible recipients engage in five work search activities per week during each week that he or she claims eligibility for benefits; amend KRS 341.380 to change the maximum benefit payable to a worker within
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 21) on 03/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-441]
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 337 to define "city," "prevailing wage," "prevailing wage rate," and "public works project"; permit a city to enact prevailing wage ordinances; repeal KRS 65.016.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Amanda M. Perkins as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-89]
Confirm the appointment of Amanda M. Perkins as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring July 14, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Reginald Thomas
Adopted 36-0 on 02/23/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public construction projects. [HB-440]
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; repeal KRS 65.016, which prohibits local governments from requiring an employer to pay a certain wage or fringe benefit other than as determined
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Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers and declaring an emergency. [HB-425]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "essential employee"; amend KRS 337.275 to set a minimum wage for essential employees; EMERGENCY.
Sponsored by: Rep. Attica Scott
Floor Amendment (1) Filed on 02/22/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to state contracts. [HB-415]
Amend KRS 45A.110 require a bidder to state whether the bidder has received two or more civil penalties under KRS Chapters 337, 338, 339, or 341 prior to a determination of responsibility of the bidder.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Burch
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public procurement. [HB-417]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 45A to set forth findings of the General Assembly and establish a policy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to promote the Kentucky and United States economies by requiring a preference for iron, steel, aluminum, and manufactured goods produced in Kentucky and the United States; define "manufactured in Kentucky," "manufactured in the United States," and "United States"; require preference for iron, steel, aluminum, and manufactured goods made in Kentucky in construction and maintenance contracts and subcontracts;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Miller
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave. [HB-427]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave for an employee who has been employed for at least one year; allow an employee to waive the paid parental leave; provide for the promulgation of administrative regulations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination. [HB-426]
Amend KRS 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, 344.080, 344.100, and 344.110 to add protections against discrimination based on weight.
Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022