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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 § 65.016 Prohibition against requiring any employer to pay employee a certain wage or fringe benefit.

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  Local legislative bodies may not require employers to pay a set wage or fringe benefit to employees.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.038 Employer to keep record of injuries -- Reports required to be filed.

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  Employers must keep injury records and file several injury-related reports on short deadlines.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.1243 Transfer of the administration, assets, and liabilities of the Kentucky coal workers' pneumoconiosis fund -- Assessments on employers -- Abolition of fund.

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  This section moves the coal workers’ pneumoconiosis fund to the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Authority, requires set assessments for coal-related workers’ compensation premiums and coal severance, and ends the fund after final distributions are complete.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 161.555 Employer contributions for members employed in positions established under federal educational acts.

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  Employers covered by this section must contribute to the Teachers' Retirement System, with a higher contribution for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 and a KRS 161.550-based amount from fiscal year 2005 onward.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 61.567 Employer's contributions by credit union.

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  A qualifying credit union must make employer contributions to the system for its employees.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.040 Reserve account, reimbursing employer account, pooled account, and annual payroll.

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  This section defines several unemployment-related accounts and “annual payroll,” and limits when the cabinet may credit or charge amounts to certain accounts.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 341.550 Pooled account for contributing employers.

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  The cabinet must maintain a pooled account for contributing employers and credit it with specified payments and amounts.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 16.060 Powers and duties of commissioner and officers -- Off-duty police employment and secondary employment -- Policies. (Effective July 15, 2026)

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  The commissioner and certain department officers have police powers and duties, and the commissioner must set and apply rules for approved off-duty police employment and secondary employment.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 337.060 Unlawful for employer to withhold wages -- Exceptions -- Specified deductions from wages prohibited.

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  Employers generally may not withhold agreed wages from employees, and they may not deduct certain listed losses or charges from wages.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.610 Liability for compensation -- Contractor and subcontractor -- Limitation of liability if employee intended to kill or injure self or another -- Illegal substances -- Employer's intention to produce injury or death -- Builder's proof of coverage required for issuance of building permit -- Notice required to be posted by employers.

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  Employers subject to this chapter are generally liable for workers’ compensation, and employers must post a notice; local building officials must require proof of coverage before issuing a building permit.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 342.340 Employer to insure or provide security against liability to workers.

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  Employers must insure workers’ compensation liability or prove they can pay directly, and they must file compliance evidence and notice cancellations.

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• United States — Kentucky

  KRS § 6.821 Statements of expenditures -- Penalties.

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  Legislative agents and employers must file statements of expenditures, keep records, and may face fines or felony liability for late, false, or incomplete filings.

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