KY SB89 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 21 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-25 - to Labor & Industry (H)
Pending: House Labor and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]
Status: Engrossed on February 21 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-25 - to Labor & Industry (H)
Pending: House Labor and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]
Summary
Amend KRS 131.010 to define "person," "contractor," "prime contractor," and "subcontractor"; amend KRS 131.130 to require the Department of Revenue to be the determining authority on issues related to employee or contractor classification; create a new section of KRS Chapter 131 to establish criteria for determining a person to be an independent contractor; stipulate that prime contractors are not responsible for subcontractor's failure to properly classify persons; stipulate that independent contractors are not eligible for employee benefits or wages; grant the department authority to notify other government agencies when a determination of misclassification has occurred; amend KRS 131.990 to establish a penalty of $100 per determination of misclassification; amend KRS 342.640 to delete requirement that newspaper distributors shall be deemed an employee of the agency for whom he or she is selling or distributing papers.
Title
AN ACT relating to employee misclassification.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-02-25 | House | to Labor & Industry (H) |
| 2013-02-21 | House | received in House |
| 2013-02-20 | Senate | 3rd reading, passed 23-15 with Committee Substitute |
| 2013-02-19 | Senate | posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
| 2013-02-15 | Senate | 2nd reading, to Rules |
| 2013-02-14 | Senate | reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute |
| 2013-02-07 | Senate | to Economic Development, Tourism & Labor (S) |
| 2013-02-05 | Senate | introduced in Senate |
