US Jurisdictions

Kentucky

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    Employment Law Guide

    Overtime: Kentucky

    Kentucky's wage and hour law requires covered employers to pay nonexempt employees overtime for every hour worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. This guide provides an in-depth review of Kentucky employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to this law.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Jury Duty: Kentucky

    This guide provides an overview of Kentucky law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service, and employee remedies for employer discrimination or retaliation with respect to jury service.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Interviewing and Selecting Job Candidates: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky laws applicable to employers when interviewing and selecting prospective employees. It covers acceptable and unacceptable interview questions, laws restricting certain types of inquiries, and how antidiscrimination laws apply during the interview and selection process.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Recruiting: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky laws addressing employer recruiting practices. It covers recruiting methods and sources, advertising dos and don'ts, laws regarding job applications, considerations for recruiting minors, avoiding discrimination risk and more.

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    Employment Law Guide

    HR Management: Kentucky

    Kentucky law does not require private employers to provide employees with access to their personnel files.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Employment Offer: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky laws related to employment offers. It discusses verbal and written employment offers, conditional employment offers, and withdrawal of employment offers.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Affirmative Action: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky laws surrounding affirmative action in the workplace. It covers the law for private employers, the law for state contractors and veterans preference policies.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Harassment: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky laws prohibiting sexual harassment and other forms of harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic. It covers sexual harassment training, defenses against harassment claims, enforcement and remedies.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Retaliation: Kentucky

    This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of anti-retaliation protections under Kentucky EEO laws. It addresses what constitutes retaliation and the associated penalties and remedies for employers that engage in illegal retaliation.

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    Employment Law Guide

    Recordkeeping for Employee Compensation Purposes: Kentucky

    Kentucky law requires covered employers to keep records about employees' wages and hours, including the minimum wage tip credit. This guide provides an in-depth review of Kentucky employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to wage and hour recordkeeping.