| Title | AN ACT relating to the recognition and registration of professional employer organizations. |
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| Bill Documents | Original |
| Sponsors | M. Prunty |
| Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 336 to declare that professional employer organizations provide a valuable service to commerce and should be properly recognized and regulated; define "client," "co-employer," "co-employment relationship," "covered employee," "professional employer organization group," "person," "professional employer agreement," "professional employer organization," "professional employer services," "registrant," and "temporary help service"; indicate that covered employees shall be deemed employees of the client for purposes of determining tax credits or economic incentives; require a person providing professional employer services to be registered and to set forth the registration requirements; require professional employer organizations to pay a registration fee; require a professional employer organization to either maintain positive working capital or provide a bond, letter of credit, or security; set forth the rights and responsibilities of parties to a co-employment agreement; set forth the health insurance obligations of professional employer organizations; set forth the workers' compensation requirements of professional employer organizations and the client; set forth the unemployment insurance obligations of the professional employer organization and the client; prohibit a person from knowingly providing professional employer services without becoming registered and set forth actions that may be taken by the Labor Cabinet against any person in violation; amend KRS 336.990 to provide a civil penalty; amend the definition of "premium" in KRS 342.0011 to include co-employment relationships with a professional employer organization; amend KRS 342.990 to delete references to KRS 342.615; repeal KRS 342.615; state that the provisions of this Act are severable. |
| Index Headings |
Economic Development - Incentives, effect of professional employer organization Labor and Industry - Professional employer organizations, regulation of Personnel and Employment - Professional employer organizations, regulation of Unemployment Compensation - Wages, payment of by professional employer organizations Workers' Compensation - Coverage, requirements for professional employer organizations |
| 09/10/19 | Prefiled by the sponsor(s). |
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