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336.050 Duties of secretary.
The secretary in person or by representative shall:
(1) Investigate and ascertain the wages of all employees employed in this state;
(2) Enter the place of business or employment of any employer of employees to
examine and inspect all books, registers, payrolls, and other records that have
a bearing upon the question of wages of employees and to ascertain whether
the orders of the secretary are complied with;
(3) Require from the employer a full and correct statement in writing when the
secretary or the secretary's representative considers it necessary, of the wages
paid to all employees in his or her employment; and
(4) Upon complaint, prosecute any violation of any of the provisions of any law
which it is his or her duty to administer or enforce. The secretary may enter into
reciprocal agreements with the corresponding labor agency or official of any
other state to collect in the other state claims assigned to the secretary. To the
extent allowed by a reciprocal agreement, the secretary may maintain actions
in the courts of another state to collect claims and judgments for wages and
assign claims and judgments to the agency or official of another state for
collection. If a reciprocal agreement extends a like comity to cases arising in
the Commonwealth, the secretary may maintain actions in the courts of the
Commonwealth to collect claims and judgments for wages arising in the other
state in the same manner and to the same extent that actions are authorized
when arising in the Commonwealth.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1704, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1; and ch. 386, sec. 59. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts
ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1599c-39,
4767a-3.
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