Section 337.420 - Definitions(1) "Employee" means any individual employed by any employer, including but not limited to individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities of political subdivisions.(2) "Employer" means a person who has two (2) or more employees within the state in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year and an agent of such a person.(3) "Wage rate" means all compensation for employment, including payment in kind and amounts paid by employers for employee benefits, as defined by the commissioner in regulations issued under KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(11).(4) "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.(5) "Occupation" includes any industry, trade, business, or branch thereof, or any employment or class of employment.(6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet.(7) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntary associations.Amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236,§ 117, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 3,§ 7, eff. 1/9/2017.Effective:7/15/2010
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1736, effective7/15/2010. --Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 42, sec. 5, effective 7/13/1990. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 13, effective 7/13/1984. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1980. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 1.