Senate Bill 256

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Title AN ACT relating to employment.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 2191
Sponsor R. Jones II
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to prohibit misclassification of employees as independent contractors; define "contractor" and "construction"; set out factors for determining status as an independent contractor; require a contractor to retain records for three years and to post requirements in the new sections at each worksite; require the Office of Workplace Standards to enforce the provisions; provide an administrative remedy and civil action remedy for persons aggrieved by violations; prohibit retaliation against a person who reports violations and provide a penalty; prohibit waiver of these provisions and provide penalty; require the Office of Workplace Standards to share misclassification determinations with other agencies; provide a $1,000 penalty for the first violation and $2,500 for subsequent violations; require that repeat violators will be posted on the Internet Web site of the Office of Workplace Standards; and provide that contractors that have two or more violations in a five year period shall be disqualified from state contracts for four years following the latest violation.
Index Headings of Original Version Labor and Industry - Employees, misclassification as independent contractors, penalties provided
Wages and Hours - Employees, misclassification as independent contractors, penalties provided
Personnel and Employment - Employees, misclassification as independent contractors, penalties provided
Local Mandate - Employees, misclassification as indenpendent contractors, penalties provided

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03/06/08
  • introduced in Senate
03/10/08
  • to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S)


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