24RS HB 824

House Bill 824

Actions

Last Action	02/26/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to employer requirements for victims of domestic abuse.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	964
Sponsors	S. Stalker, B. Chester-Burton
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms related to employer requirements for victims of domestic violence; require employers to grant leave from work for employees who seek protection or treatment for themselves or a family member due to dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; require that employees give their employers advance notice when feasible before taking leave or by the end of the first day in which the employee takes leave when advance notice is not feasible; permit an employer to request verification upon an employee requesting leave; provide how an employee may satisfy the verification requirement for leave; allow for the employee to decide whether to use the employee's paid time off or unpaid leave; require the employer to maintain confidentiality related to an employee's requested leave except under limited circumstances; require that an employer reinstate an employee who takes leave to the employee's exact or similar position the employee was in before the employee took the leave except under limited circumstances; require an employer to maintain health care coverage for an employer who takes leave; require an employer make reasonable safety accommodations requested by an employee who is a victim of dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; permit an employer to request verification upon an employee requesting reasonable safety accommodations; provide how an employee may satisfy the verification requirement for reasonable safety accommodations; require the employer to maintain confidentiality related to an employee's request for reasonable safety accommodations, except under limited circumstances; prohibit employers from discriminating against employees or candidates who are actual or perceived victims of dating violence and abuse, domestic violence and abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, or stalking; allow for a private right of action for violation of Sections 1 to 7 of this Act; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations.
Index Headings of Original Version	Local Mandate - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Crime Victims - Abuse, violence, employment, accomodations Domestic Relations - Abuse, violence, employment Economic Development - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Labor and Industry - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Occupational Safety and Health - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, documentation Occupations and Professions - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Commerce - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Corporations - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations Workforce - Abuse, violence, employer requirements, employee supports, leave, accommodations