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336.040 Functions and duties of Labor Cabinet.
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The Labor Cabinet shall exercise all administrative functions of the state
concerned with employer-employee relationships, including the safety of
workers and workers' compensation.
The cabinet shall:
(a) Promote friendly and cooperative relations between employers and
employees;
(b) Accumulate and publish industrial statistics and aid and encourage the
development of new industries and the expansion of existing industries in
Kentucky;
(c) Encourage, promote, and develop fair practices both by employers and
employees; discourage and eliminate as far as practicable all unfair
practices by either; and enforce laws relating to unfair practices;
(d) Foster, promote, and develop the welfare of both wage earners and
industries in Kentucky;
(e) Improve working and living conditions of employees, and advance their
opportunities for profitable employment; and
(f) Inquire into the causes of accidental injuries and occupational diseases
arising out of and in the course of employment, and advance measures
for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases and for the
improvement of sanitary conditions in places of employment.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1703, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, sec. 4, effective April 4, 1994. -- Amended
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 253. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599c-7, 4618-110.
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