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337.550 Department to aid in enforcement -- Remedies of laborer.
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Any laborer, workman, or mechanic employed on public works may file a
complaint of any violation of any provision of KRS 337.505 to 337.550 with the
department. The department shall assist him or her in the collection of claims of
wages due him or her and shall also assist to the fullest extent in the
administration and enforcement of KRS 337.505 to 337.550. The commissioner
shall investigate and enforce the provisions of KRS 337.505 to 337.550 to the
fullest and shall bring all actions to collect wages due any laborer, workman, or
mechanic and shall take action against any contractor or subcontractor to
restrain violations of KRS 337.505 to 337.550. If any contractor or
subcontractor is found to be in violation of any provisions of KRS 337.505 to
337.550, then the commissioner shall inform the secretary for finance and
administration of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and the secretary for finance
and administration shall hold such contractor or subcontractor ineligible to bid
on public works until such time as that contractor or subcontractor is in
substantial compliance as determined by the commissioner.
A laborer, workman, or mechanic may by civil action recover any sum due him
or her as the result of the failure of his or her employer to comply with the terms
of KRS 337.505 to 337.550. The commissioner may also bring any legal action
necessary to collect claims on behalf of any or all laborers, workmen, or
mechanics. No employer shall take any punitive measure or action against an
employee because such employee has made a charge, testified, assisted or
participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under
KRS 337.505 to 337.550. The commissioner shall not be required to pay the
filing fee, or other costs, in connection with such action.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1749, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 340, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 9. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 10. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2290c-6.
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