Labor And Industry
Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to prevailing wage. [HB-77]
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. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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AN ACT relating to non-compete agreements with health-care providers. [SB-41]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 372 to prohibit non-compete agreements for certain health-care providers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ralph Alvarado
To Judiciary (s) on 01/15/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to leave from employment for crime victims. [HB-122]
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 penalty for failing to maintain confidentiality; define terms.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment schedules. [HB-121]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good-faith schedule of hours to be worked, to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, to post weekly schedules at least 7 days in advance, and to provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.
Sponsored by: Rep. McKenzie Cantrell
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment-related drug screens. [HB-102]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit employment discrimination based on a positive drug screen for cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to wage theft. [HB-40]
Create a new section of Chapter 514 to create the offense of theft of wages and establish penalties; define employer and employee; amend KRS 336.080 to indicate the secretary may enter places of employment without unreasonable delay to inspect a place of employment; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, the number of hours worked, and the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.320 to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Danny Bentley
Posting Withdrawn on 03/06/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to employment provisions for employees on parental leave. [HB-176]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers with 50 or more employees to provide twelve 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. George Brown
Introduced In House on 01/07/2020
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Kentucky 2020 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations. [HB-53]
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," "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 purposes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Phillip Pratt
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