House Bill 337

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Title AN ACT relating to wage discrimination.
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Impact Statements Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 1397
Sponsors M. Marzian, J. Jenkins, W. Hurt
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 337.423 to prohibit wage discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin by prohibiting wage differentials for employees who perform equivalent jobs; provide exceptions for wage differentials based on seniority or merit systems, systems that measure wages by quantity or quality of production, and factors other than sex, race, or national origin; amend KRS 337.420 to define equivalent jobs as those that are equal under the federal Equal Pay Act, or jobs that are dissimilar but equivalent in skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; amend KRS 337.425 to require promulgation of administrative regulations on or before July 1, 2013, to specify criteria for determining jobs that are dominated by employees of a particular sex, race, or national origin, and acceptable methodology for determining equivalent skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2014.
Index Headings of Original Version Local Mandate - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin
Labor and Industry - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin
Personnel and Employment - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin
Public Officers and Employees - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin
Civil Rights - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited
Effective Dates, Delayed - BR 1397, July 1, 2014, wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin
Wages and Hours - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin

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01/27/12
  • introduced in House
01/30/12
  • to Labor & Industry (H)
03/06/12
  • posted in committee


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