Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking. [HB-400]
Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser
Introduced In House on 01/31/2022
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AN ACT relating to welding safety. [HB-401]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to establish requirements for projects requiring structural steel welding such as certification of welders and certified inspectors; provide definitions; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tina Bojanowski
Withdrawn on 02/10/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to seizure first aid. [HB-404]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to require the Department of Workplace Standards to promulgate administrative regulations and procedures to disseminate information to employers, employees, and the general public about rendering seizure first aid.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Hart
To Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (s) on 03/10/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages for employment. [HB-382]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to make it a discriminatory employment action if an employer asks questions about previous salary or wages, relies on previous salary when setting a new salary, or refuses to hire if an applicant does not provide previous salary, except to allow a request for information voluntarily provided in response to an offer of employment; allow previous salary to be considered when required by law, when discovered while looking at other nonsalary information, and for public employee positions; require notice to be
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Sponsored by: Rep. Josie Raymond
Introduced In House on 01/27/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to a drug-free workplace. [SB-116]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to provide definitions and to require public employers to have an appeals process for an employee who violates a drug-free policy using legal industrial products; amend KRS 18A.043 to require an appeals process for those public employers who require drug testing; amend KRS 304.13-167 to require that appeals process be complied with by public employers and suggested for private employers; established short title.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adrienne Southworth
To Licensing & Occupations (s) on 01/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to contracts. [HB-367]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 336 to define "covenant not to compete" and "low-wage employee"; provide that an employer shall not require a low-wage employee to enter into a covenant not to compete; set forth civil remedy, damages that can be recovered, and limitations to bring claim; provide that the provisions must be posted by the employer; indicate that an employer shall not retaliate against and employee for bringing a civil action; application of provisions; amend KRS 336.990 to provide civil penalties.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment. [HB-368]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms and make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge; specify when the employers' internal procedures are to be used.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family care leave. [HB-369]
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 preventing an employee to take family care leave; to entitle employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson
Withdrawn on 01/28/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to misclassification of employees. [HB-366]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to provide a remedy for employees misclassified as independent contractors; amend KRS 337.010 to include definitions for "independent contractor" and "misclassified"; repeal KRS 336.137.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-356]
Amend KRS 342.0011 to clarify definition of "injury" to include psychological injuries for certain employees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 342 to set out when the psychological injuries are valid workers' compensation claims when no physical injury exists.
Sponsored by: Rep. Derrick Graham
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wages. [HB-357]
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 raise the state minimum wage to $8.20 per hour on the effective date of the Act, $9.15 per hour on July 1, 2023, $10.10 per hour on July 1, 2024, $11 per hour on July 1, 2025, $12.05 per hour on July 1, 2026, $13.10 per hour on July 1, 2027, $13.95 per hour on July 1, 2028, and $15 per hour on July 1, 2029; raise the state minimum wage for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joni Jenkins
Introduced In House on 01/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the Employment First Council. [SB-104]
Create new sections in KRS Chapter 151B to establish the Employment First Council; amend KRS 12.020 to conform.
Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Carroll
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 28) on 03/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employers. [SB-93]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or conscientious objection to immunizations; provide sample form for employee affirmation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against or conscientiously object to immunization.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Wise
Recommitted To Judiciary (s) on 03/25/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-285]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $125,187,900, 2022-2023: $2,727,314,100, 2023-2024: $2,018,630,000; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $291,800, 2022-2023: $377,258,800, 2023-2024: $32,308,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $134,400, 2022-2023: $6,791,287,300, 2023-2024: $6,938,460,600; appropriate to the Education and Labor Cabinet: 2021-2022: $5,749,500, 2022-2023: $861,376,300, 2023-2024: $818,991,800; appropriate
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to criminal histories of job applicants. [HB-293]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employers from considering or requiring disclosure of prior criminal history as part of the initial job application; title the Act "Ban the Box - The Criminal Record Employment Discrimination Act."
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
A RESOLUTION confirming the reappointment of John Barry Coleman as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers' Claims. [SR-41]
Confirm the reappointment of John Barry Coleman as administrative law judge at the Department of Workers' Claims for a term expiring on December 31, 2025.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Wheeler
Adopted 33-0 on 02/07/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-1]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $925,391,000, 2022-2023: $2,450,394,100, 2023-2024: $1,945,550,500; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $631,100, 2022-2023: $42,311,100, 2023-2024: $43,841,800; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $4,038,300, 2022-2023: $6,272,487,700, 2023-2024: $6,338,219,700; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $4,302,200, 2022-2023: $226,803,000, 2023-2024: $228,602,800;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 199) on 04/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment. [HB-205]
Amend KRS 337.415, relating to court-ordered appearances by employees, to prohibit employers from discharging or retaliating against an employee who is a crime victim when the employee takes leave to attend proceedings associated with a crime; require an employee to give an employer reasonable notice to take leave when practicable; provide guidelines for use of paid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality of records and communication with employee crime victim; create a private right of action for improper discharge, discrimination,
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Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 01/05/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [HB-11]
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 against discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 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 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to family care leave. [HB-59]
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 preventing an employee to take family care leave; to entitle employee to family care leave for the birth of a child or to take care of a family member and establish parameters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Flood
Introduced In House on 01/04/2022