December
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
November
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
October
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
September
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
August
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
July
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
June
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
May
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
April
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
March
Medicinal Cannabis
Bill
Senate Bill 47
Summary
Defines terms and establishes a medicinal cannabis program; establishes that the Employer’s Mutual Insurance Authority shall not be required to provide coverage to an employer if doing so would subject the authority to a violation of state or federal law; requires hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control.
Enacted
03/31/2023
Effective Date
06/29/2023, 01/01/2025
Topics
Prohibited_Practices: Cannabis, Marijuana, Marijuana_card; Workplace_Behavior: Cannabis, Drug-free_workplace, Drug_testing, Health, Impairment, Marijuana, Safety
Administration of Payroll Systems
Bill
Senate Bill 7
Summary
Defines political activities, candidate, committee, contributing organization, contribution, election, electioneering communications, fundraiser, independent expenditure, labor organization, public employee, slate of candidates, and testimonial affair; prohibits any deduction from the wages of any public employee for any dues, fees, or charges associated with a labor organization or for political activities without a written authorization from the public employee.
Enacted
03/29/2023
Effective Date
03/29/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Professional Employer Organizations
Bill
House Bill 394
Summary
Provides that each applicant for registration as a professional employer organization shall provides the Department of Workers Claims with specified information; provides that a professional employer organization shall meet the requirements if the financial statement submitted by the professional employer organization with its initial registration is without qualification as to the going concern status of the professional employer organization.
Enacted
03/24/2023
Effective Date
06/29/2023
Topics
Industry: PEO
Health Care Workplace Safety
Bill
House Bill 176
Summary
Provides that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop and disperse the specified information to health facilities, including guidelines for developing a workplace safety assessment, examples of a workplace safety plan, and examples of workplace safety standards specific to preventing workplace violence against health care workers; provides that it is an unlawful practice for a health facility to discriminate or retaliate against a health care worker who reports a safety violation.
Enacted
03/24/2023
Effective Date
06/29/2023
Topics
Employer_Obligations: Policy_requirement, Recordkeeping, Training, Workplace_violence; Employment_relations: Current_employees, Health_care_worker, New_employee; Industry: Health_care_facility; Prohibited_Practices: Retaliation
Peace Officer Contracts
Bill
Senate Bill 101
Summary
Extends contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for state police officers; extends contracts subject to reimbursement for training costs to five years for law enforcement officers employed by cities and counties; allows public airport boards to condition employment of a safety and security officer to contract to repay the airport board for training costs if the officer accepts a similar position within five years and require the firing entity to repay costs.
Enacted
03/23/2023
Effective Date
06/29/2023
Topics
Industry: Public_employer
Healthcare Workforce
Bill
House Bill 200
Summary
Creates the Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund to be administered by the Council on Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding, among other things, public and private partnerships to provide healthcare training scholarships to reduce the financial barriers of Kentucky residents seeking high-demand eligible healthcare credentials, and healthcare program incentives to reward performance and excellence among the Commonwealth’s healthcare programs.
Enacted
03/22/2023
Effective Date
03/22/2023
Topics
Wage_and_Hour: Grants
February
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
January
Registration of Professional Employer Organizations
Bill
Senate Bill 10
Summary
Relates to registration of professional employer organizations; provides that beginning on specified date, the professional employer organization shall report and pay all required contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund using the state employer identification number and contribution rate of the client.
Enacted
01/06/2023
Effective Date
01/06/2023
Topics
Industry: PEO
