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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 337 WAGES AND HOURS
337.425 Powers of commissioner.
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operations on which persons employed by him or her are engaged, to question such
persons, and to obtain other information necessary to the administration and
enforcement of KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(14). (2) The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative may examine witnesses under oath, and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of any documentary evidence relating to the subject
matter of any investigation undertaken pursuant to KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and
337.990(14). If a person fails to attend, testify or produce documents under or in
response to a subpoena, the Circuit Court in the judicial circuit where the hearing is
being held, on application of the commissioner or the commissioner's
representative, may issue an order requiring the person to appear before the
commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative, or to produce
documentary evidence, and any failure to obey the order of the court may be
punished by the court as contempt. (3) The commissioner may endeavor to eliminate pay practices unlawful under KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(14) by informal methods of conference,
conciliation and persuasion, and supervise the payment of wages owing to any
employee under KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(14). (4) The commissioner may issue regulations not inconsistent with the purpose of KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(14), necessary or appropriate to carry out its
provisions. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1738, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1976
Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 119. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 3.
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