24RS HB 576

House Bill 576

Actions

Last Action	02/15/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to wages.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	255
Sponsors	J. Raymond, C. Aull, B. Chester-Burton, P. Stevenson
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 337.010 to change the definition of "employee" and to add the definition of "worker with a disability"; amend KRS 337.275 to require all employers to pay all employees, including workers with a disability, a minimum wage and increase the state minimum wage over the next three years to no less than 100 percent of the municipality, county, or state minimum wage or the prevailing wage as defined in 29 C.F.R. sec. 1.2; amend KRS 337.295 to remove learners, apprentices, workers with a disability, sheltered workshop employees, and students from regulations issued by the commissioner for the Department of Workplace Standards; amend KRS 205.5605 to exclude referrals to sheltered workshop employment from the definition of "covered services and supports" as of July 1, 2027; amend KRS 154.22-040 to conform; establish that the Act may be cited as the Employees with Disabilities Equal Pay Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Disabilities and the Disabled - Minimum wage for all employees, requirements Economic Development - Minimum wage for all employees, workers with a disability, requirements Labor and Industry - Minimum wage for all employees, workers with a disability, requirements Wages and Hours - Minimum wage for all employees, workers with a disability, requirements Short Titles and Popular Names - Employees with Disabilities Equal Pay Act Workforce - Minimum wage for all employees, workers with a disability, requirements Local Mandate - Minimum wage for all employees, workers with a disability, requirements