Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to minimum wage for essential workers and declaring an emergency. [SB-284]
Amend KRS 337.010 to define "essential employee"; amend KRS 337.275 to set a minimum wage for essential employees; EMERGENCY.
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AN ACT relating to workforce development. [SB-276]
Create the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative to implement the policies developed by the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board; establish membership, articulate responsibilities of the collaborative, authorize service coordination, authorize combination service programs, articulate responsibilities of local workforce boards, establish performance deadlines.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to public protection. [SB-283]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 455 to limit circumstances in which a warrant may be issued authorizing entry without notice; require creation of a warrant application form; require reporting of data on warrants authorizing entry without notice; require 10-second pause after announcing the presence of law enforcement officers prior to entering premises to serve a warrant; require use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officers serving warrants; create processes for enforcement; allow disciplinary actions for noncompliance; create a new section
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to law enforcement background investigations. [HB-562]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 15 to create a method for law enforcement agencies to request disciplinary records from other agencies where the applicant has previously been employed; require applicants to consent to disclosure of prior records; require the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council to administer the program and develop forms.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation. [HB-529]
Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment discrimination based on smoking. [SB-258]
Amend KRS 344.040 to remove protections against employment discrimination based on an individual's status as a smoker or nonsmoker.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to civil rights. [SB-269]
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation," "gender identity," " local Commission," and " real estate-related transaction"; 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,
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION to create a legislative workgroup on returning women and mothers to work who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [HCR-62]
Create a Legislative workgroup to study the impact of COVID-19 on Kentucky women and mothers in the workforce.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [SB-13]
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 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to veterans. [SB-246]
Amend KRS 154.12-330 to give preference to veterans in the issuance of small business loans; amend KRS 154.12-213 to require monthly veteran workforce reports; create a new section 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 licensing practices for nurses
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legal actions involving the Commonwealth of Kentucky and declaring an emergency. [HB-479]
Amend KRS 15.020 to authorize the Attorney General to bring an action regarding the constitutionality of statutes, regulations, and orders; establish venue; amend KRS 15.060 to authorize assistance from other areas of state government regarding investigations and prosecutions of various matters; amend KRS 15.113 to identify additional illegal or fraudulent activity under the investigative authority of the Attorney General; amend KRS 15.240 to expand the statutes under which the Attorney General can initiate an action or intervene in an action; amend
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to reorganization. [SB-221]
Amend KRS 12.020 to change the name of the Office of Career Development and create the Division of Technical Assistance within the Department of Workforce Investment; amend KRS 151B.020 to change the name of the Office of Career Development and create the Division of Technical Assistance; amend KRS 200.700 to change the Early Childhood Advisory Board from the Office of the Governor to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; confirm Executive Order 2020-529.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to contracts. [SB-235]
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 of the Act must be posted by the employer; indicate that an employer shall not retaliate against and employee for bringing a civil action under this Act; provide that the Act applies to covenants not to compete entered into after the
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to call centers. [HB-488]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require an employer intending to relocate a call center from Kentucky to a foreign country to notify the secretary of the Labor Cabinet at least 120 days prior to such relocation; require the secretary to compile a list of employers that have relocated a call center to a foreign country; amend KRS 337.990 to create a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation; provide short title.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to workers' compensation for first responders. [HB-500]
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.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-468]
Amend KRS 341.415 to require the secretary to waive unemployment insurance overpayment debts if the overpayment was due to an employer or agency error, not the result of fraud or misconduct by the recipient, and repayment would cause economic hardship to the recipient; make technical changes.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment protections. [SB-232]
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 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health. [HB-475]
Amend KRS 207.200 to make language gender-neutral.
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations. [HB-424]
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," "professional employer organization group," "person," "professional employer agreement," "professional employer organization," "professional employer services," "registrant," and "temporary help service"; indicate that covered employees shall be deemed employees of the client for
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Kentucky 2021 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance. [HB-406]
Amend KRS 341.030, relating to unemployment insurance, to provide for mechanism to allow for an increase in the taxable wage base above $12,000; amend KRS 341.090 to define "alternative base period" and provide for utilization of same; amend KRS 341.094 to create additional extended benefits triggers; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to establish a training program for employees related to domestic violence and abuse issues; amend KRS 341.243 to change the funding mechanism for the service capacity upgrade fund; amend KRS 341.270 to indicate
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