337.060 Unlawful for employer to withhold wages -- Exceptions -- Specified
deductions from wages prohibited.
(1)
(2)
No employer shall withhold from any employee any part of the wage agreed upon.
This section shall not make it unlawful for an employer to withhold or divert any
portion of an employee's wage when the employer is authorized to do so by local,
state, or federal law or when a deduction is expressly authorized in writing by the
employee to cover insurance premiums, hospital and medical dues, or other
deductions not amounting to a rebate or deduction from the standard wage arrived at
by collective bargaining or pursuant to wage agreement or statute, nor shall it
preclude deductions for union dues where such deductions are authorized by joint
wage agreements or collective bargaining contracts negotiated between employers
and employees or their representative.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, no employer shall
deduct the following from the wages of employees:
(a) Fines;
(b) Cash shortages in a common money till, cash box or register used by two (2)
or more persons;
(c) Breakage;
(d) Losses due to acceptance by an employee of checks which are subsequently
dishonored if such employee is given discretion to accept or reject any check;
or
(e) Losses due to defective or faulty workmanship, lost or stolen property,
damage to property, default of customer credit, or nonpayment for goods or
services received by the customer if such losses are not attributable to
employee's willful or intentional disregard of employer's interest.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 223, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 141, sec. 2, effective
June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599c-19.
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