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Employment law in United States — Kentucky

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.272 Contribution rate of new employer engaged in contract construction trades.

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  New employers in contract construction trades must pay the maximum contribution rate at first, then later move to the normal KRS 341.270(4) rate after meeting the stated employment history.

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  KRS § 345.050 Activities prohibited and duty to bargain in good faith.

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  Public employers and labor organizations are prohibited from interfering with firefighters’ rights and must bargain in good faith when the provision applies.

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  KRS § 161.605 Resumption of employment by retired member -- Continuation of retirement allowance -- Individuals who retire and are reemployed -- Part-time, substitute teaching, and nonteaching employment -- Health insurance coverage. (Effective until July 15, 2026)

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  Retired members may return to covered work and keep their retirement allowance, but only if they follow the section’s pay limits, separation-from-service rules, contribution rules, and insurance rules.

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  KRS § 342.316 Liability of employer and previous employers for occupational disease -- Claims procedure -- Administrative regulations -- Time limitations on claims -- Determination of liable employer -- Audit -- Amount of compensation -- Effect of concluded coal workers' pneumoconiosis claim.

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  This section sets who pays occupational disease compensation, how claims are filed and processed, and key deadlines and medical-evidence rules.

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  KRS § 338.141 Issuance of citation by commissioner -- Time limitation for issuance of citation -- Additional time for compliance -- Hearing.

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  The commissioner must issue a citation to an employer after an inspection finds a chapter violation, and the citation must set a correction date.

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  KRS § 341.590 Additional contributions if federal government fails to provide funds for administration.

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  If the federal government does not certify funding for a fiscal year, every employer covered by this chapter must pay a 0.3% contribution on wages for covered employment.

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  KRS § 311.6205 Physician wellness program -- Participation -- Disclosure.

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  Physicians in a wellness program do not have to disclose participation or report related information, and entities may not make that disclosure or reporting a condition or basis for adverse action.

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  KRS § 161.611 Supplemental retirement benefit plan -- Purpose -- Administration -- Eligibility -- Payments.

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  The board may create and run a supplemental retirement benefit plan, and the employer must pay eligible supplemental benefits.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 17.160 Furnishing potential employer with person's record of convictions, guilty pleas, and Alford pleas involving specified crimes.

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  Employers covered by this section may request certain criminal records for applicants or volunteers in child-supervisory roles, and the cabinet or courts must provide the records and send a copy to the applicant.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 67.870 Employment on basis of political activity prohibited.

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  Charter county government employment cannot be based on political activity or political views.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 343.010 Definitions for chapter.

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  This section defines key apprenticeship terms used in the chapter.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 511.010 Definitions for chapter. (Effective July 15, 2026)

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  This section defines several terms used in the chapter, including building, dwelling, employee, employer, premises, threatening behavior, and workplace.

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