337.420 Definitions.
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"Employee" means any individual employed by any employer, including but not
limited to individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions,
instrumentalities, or instrumentalities of political subdivisions.
"Employer" means a person who has two (2) or more employees within the state in
each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar
year and an agent of such a person.
"Wage rate" means all compensation for employment, including payment in kind
and amounts paid by employers for employee benefits, as defined by the
commissioner in regulations issued under KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and
337.990(14).
"Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
"Occupation" includes any industry, trade, business, or branch thereof, or any
employment or class of employment.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Workplace
Standards under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Labor Cabinet.
"Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, legal
representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntary associations.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1736, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1984
Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 230, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1.
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