45.570 Contents of contract.
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Except in contracts exempted in accordance with KRS 45.590, all government
contracting agencies of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, any county, city, town,
school district, water district, hospital district, or other political subdivision of the
state shall include in every directly or indirectly publicly funded contract for
supplies, materials, services, or equipment hereinafter entered into the following
provisions:
During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows:
(a) The contractor shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age forty (40) and over,
disability, veteran status, or national origin;
(b) The contractor shall take affirmative action in regard to employment,
upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment advertising, layoff,
termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for
training, so as to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees
during employment are treated without regard to their race, color, religion,
sex, age forty (40) and over, disability, veteran status, or national origin;
(c) The contractor shall state in all solicitations or advertisements for employees
placed by or on behalf of the contractor that all qualified applicants shall
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, age forty (40) and over, disability, veteran status, or national origin;
(d) The contractor shall post notices in conspicuous places, available to
employees and applicants for employment, setting forth the provisions of the
nondiscrimination clauses required by this section; and
(e) The contractor shall send a notice to each labor union or representative of
workers with which he has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract
or understanding advising the labor union or workers' representative of the
contractor's commitments under the nondiscrimination clauses.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 172, effective July 15,
2010. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 172, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 331, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 3, effective June 17, 1978.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 183,
provides, "The specific textual provisions of Sections 1 to 178 of this Act which
reflect amendments made to those sections by 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137 shall be deemed
effective as of June 26, 2007, and those provisions are hereby made expressly
retroactive to that date, with the remainder of the text of those sections being
unaffected by the provisions of this section."
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