Kentucky House Bill 284

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-17 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 514 to prohibit theft of wages; define terms and establish penalties; amend KRS 336.080 to permit the secretary to enter places of employment without unreasonable delay; amend KRS 337.020 to allow the commissioner to charge and collect past due wages; amend KRS 337.070 to require certain employers to include rate of pay, number of hours worked, the total amount of gross pay earned on wage statements provided to employees; amend KRS 337.320 to require employers to keep certain records for three years; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require employers to provide to an employee a written notice at the time of hire that sets forth employment terms; amend KRS 337.990 to include a civil penalty for failure to provide the written notice to employee and maintain a copy of the signed notice.

AN ACT relating to wage theft.

Rep. Adrielle Camuel [D]

Rep. George Brown [D]

Rep. Josie Raymond [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-17	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb284.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb284/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb284/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb284/CI.pdf