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Kentucky Employment Laws
HRGuru
March 10, 2008
Overview
| Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) |
Future Effective Date |
Premium Pay After Designated Hours |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | Weekly | ||
| $5.85 | (Same as Federal) | 40 7th day |
|
| $6.55 | 07/01/2008 | ||
| $7.25 | 07/01/2009 | ||
More Info:
The 7th day overtime law, which is separate from the minimum wage law differs in coverage from that in the minimum wage law and requires premium pay on the seventh day for those employees who work seven days in any one workweek.
The state adopts the Federal minimum wage rate by reference if the Federal rate is greater than the State rate.
Compensating time in lieu of overtime is allowed upon written request by an employee of any county, charter county, consolidated local government, or urban-county government, including an employee of a county-elected official.
External Links
Kentucky Department of Labor Website: http://www.labor.ky.gov/
