Kentucky House Bill 824

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-26 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

AN ACT relating to employer requirements for victims of domestic abuse.

Rep. Sarah Stalker [D]

Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-26	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-26	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb824.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb824/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb824/LM.pdf