| Last Action | to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to wages. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 445 |
| Sponsors | S. Overly, K. Flood, R. Adkins, G. Brown Jr, T. Burch, W. Coursey, J. Donohue, A. Gentry, D. Keene, M. Marzian, R. Palumbo, D. Schamore, A. Scott, J. Sims Jr, W. Stone, J. Wayne, S. Westrom |
| Summary of Original Version | 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 337.423 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 337.425 to require the promulgation of administrative regulations 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; require that the promulgation occur on or before July 1, 2018; EFFECTIVE IN PART July 1, 2019. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Effective Dates, Delayed - Wage discrimination, prohibited on basis of sex, race, or national origin, July 1, 2019 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 Wages and Hours - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited Civil Rights - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination, prohibition Local Mandate - Sex, race, or national origin, wage discrimination prohibited |
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