Chapter 44, LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

44-814. Violations of act; injunctions. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall not be guilty of a criminal offense except as otherwise provided by law, but may be enjoined by the attorney general or the county attorney of the proper county or any aggrieved party fr…

44-815. Invalidity of part. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, …

44-816. Rules and regulations. The secretary of labor may adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct and canvassing of elections for the selection of collective bargaining units, and by collective bargaining units relative to approval of all-union agreements, strikes, walk…

44-817. Mediators; appointment; functions; compensation; confidentiality. (a) The secretary of labor shall have power to appoint any competent, impartial, disinterested person to act as mediator in any labor dispute either upon the secretary's own initiative or upon the request o…

44-818. Agricultural employment relations; declaration of public policy. Experience has demonstrated that the lack of orderly procedures to meet and confer has contributed to certain problems in the agriculture industry, including secondary boycotts and work discrepancies during …

44-819. Agricultural employment relations; definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Person" means one or more individuals, employee organizations, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or receivers. (b) "Agricultural empl…

44-820. Agricultural labor relations; board, when activated; composition, appointment and qualifications; powers and duties; meetings and compensation; deactivation. (a) There is hereby created the agricultural labor relations board, which shall consist of three members and which…

44-821. Agricultural employee organizations authorized; purposes; limitations. Agricultural employees shall have the right to form, join and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing, for the purpose of meeting and conferring with agricultural …

44-822. Rights of agricultural employers. An agricultural employer shall have the right to manage his own production operations including all decisions as to the equipment and materials used to grow and market his crops and all determinations as to the crops to be produced. Such …

44-823. Certified employee organizations; duties of agricultural employers; determination and designation of appropriate unit; certification of representatives of appropriate unit; investigations, hearings and elections by board; membership in appropriate unit and employee organi…

44-824. Rights and duties of certified or recognized employee organizations. (a) An agricultural employer shall extend to a certified or formally recognized employee organization the right to represent the employees, of the appropriate unit involved in meet and confer proceedings…

44-825. Memorandum of agreement by representatives of employer and employee organization. If agreement is reached by the representatives of the agricultural employer and the recognized employee organization, they jointly shall prepare a memorandum of agreement. The scope of a mem…

44-826. Impasse resolution procedures; board hearing; judicial review. (a) Agricultural employers and recognized employee organizations may include in memoranda of agreement a provision setting forth the procedures to be invoked in the event of disputes which reach an impasse in …

44-827. Dues check-off. An agricultural employer may agree to extend to an employee organization certified or recognized pursuant to this act right to dues check-off, upon presentation of dues deduction and authorization cards signed by individual employees; however, said employe…

44-828. Prohibited practices. (a) The commission of any prohibited practice, as defined in this section, among other actions, shall constitute evidence of bad faith in meet and confer proceedings. (b) It shall be a prohibited practice for an agricultural employer or such employer…

44-829. Proceedings concerning prohibited practices; procedure; judicial review and enforcement of board's actions; remedies for certain violations. (a) Any controversy concerning prohibited practices may be submitted to the board. Proceedings against the party alleged to have co…

44-830. Actions for damages. Any agricultural employer, agricultural employee or employee organization may sue for damages resulting from a lockout, strike or secondary boycott as defined by this act. History: L. 1972, ch. 193, § 13; July 1.

44-831. Violations of right to work amendment; civil action for damages; attorneys' fees as costs, exception; limitation of actions. Any person who is aggrieved by any violation of the provisions of section 12 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas shall have a …

44-913. Title and application of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the boiler safety act, and, except as otherwise herein provided, shall apply to all pressure vessels installed after January 1, 1999, and boilers in this state. History: L. 1977, ch. 172, § 1; L. 19…

44-914. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Boiler" means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated or steam is superheated, or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under…

44-915. Act inapplicable to certain boilers and pressure vessels. (a) The provisions of this act shall not apply to: (1) Boilers and pressure vessels under the control of the United States government or federal law; (2) antique, scale model or other steam boilers that are used ex…

44-916. Rules and regulations; inspections; certifications. (a) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this act, for the safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance and repair of boilers in this state. The state fi…

44-917. Conformity to law, variance; maximum allowable pressure; application of act to boilers and pressure vessels previously installed. (a) All new boilers and pressure vessels shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this act which govern new construction…

44-918. Appointment of chief inspector and deputy inspectors by state fire marshal; compensation; powers and duties under act. (a) The state fire marshal may appoint a chief inspector and one or more deputy inspectors who shall be in the unclassified civil service and shall recei…

44-920. Insurance company inspectors; certificates of competency as special inspectors; employment status; inspections by, exempt from state fee. (a) In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by K.S.A. 44-919, and amendments thereto, the state fire marshal, upon the request…

44-921. Same; suspension, reinstatement, revocation of certificate. The state fire marshal may suspend or revoke a special inspector's certificate of competency for cause, after due investigation, if the state fire marshal finds incompetence, untrustworthiness, falsification of a…

44-922. Same; replacement of lost or destroyed certificate. If a certificate of competency is lost or destroyed, a new certificate of competency shall be issued in its place without another examination. The state fire marshal may charge a fee for a replacement certificate. Histor…

44-923. Inspections. (a) The state fire marshal, the chief inspector or any deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where boilers and pressure vessels are being operated, repaired, installed or constructed for use in this sta…

44-924. Same; report by inspector; inspection certificate period of validity; revocation or suspension. (a) All inspections made by any inspector shall be reported to the office of the state fire marshal within 30 days following each certificate inspection upon the appropriate fo…

44-925. Installation and operation violations; penalties. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity to operate in this state a pressure vessel installed after January 1, 1999, or a boiler without a valid inspection certificate. The op…

44-926. Inspection and certificate fees; disposition. (a) The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this act to be inspected by the chief inspector or a deputy inspector shall pay directly to the office of the state fire marshal, upon completion of inspection, …

44-927. Bond; chief inspector, deputy inspectors. The chief inspector and each deputy inspector shall be required to furnish bond under the provisions of article 41 of chapter 75 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1977, ch. 172, § 15; L. 2013, c…

44-928. Hearing on actions of state fire marshal; judicial review. (a) Any person aggrieved by an order issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, may request a hearing thereon within 15 days from the date of the service of such order by filing such request in writing with th…

44-929. Exclusive jurisdiction of state over boiler safety. No city, county or other political subdivision of this state shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance and repair of boilers or…

44-930. Severability. If any provisions of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and to …

44-931. Transfer of powers and duties of secretary of labor under the boiler safety act. (a) All of the powers, duties and functions of the secretary of labor under the boiler safety act, K.S.A. 44-913 et seq., and amendments thereto, are hereby transferred to and conferred and i…

44-932. Same; state fire marshal successor to powers, duties, functions and records of secretary of labor. (a) The state fire marshal shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the secretary of labor under the boiler safety act, K.S.A. 44-913 et se…

44-933. Same; resolution of conflicts in transfers. (a) When any conflict arises as to the disposition of any property, power, duty or function or the unexpended balance of any appropriation as a result of any abolition or transfer made by or under K.S.A. 44-931, and amendments t…

44-1001. Title of act; declaration of state policy and purpose. This act shall be known as the Kansas act against discrimination. It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare, safety, health and peace of the people of th…

44-1002. Definitions. When used in this act: (a) "Person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy or receivers. (b) "Employer" includes any person in this state employing fo…

44-1003. Human rights commission; membership; organization compensation and expenses staff. (a) There is hereby created the Kansas human rights commission. The commission shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be representative of industry, two of whom shall be represe…

44-1004. Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall have the following functions, powers and duties: (1) To establish and maintain its principal office in the city of Topeka, and such other offices elsewhere within the state as it may deem necessary. (2) To meet and fu…

44-1005. Complaints; investigation; proceedings; remedial orders; dismissal of certain complaints, when, procedure and effect. (a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful employment practice or by an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice, and who can articul…

44-1006. Construction of act. (a) The provisions of this act shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the purposes thereof. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of any other law of this state relating to discrimination becaus…

44-1007. Invalidity of part. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate t…

44-1009. Unlawful employment practices; unlawful discriminatory practices. (a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice: (1) For an employer, because of the race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry of any person to refuse to hire or employ such perso…

44-1010. Petition for reconsideration of orders of commission. Any party being dissatisfied with any order or decision of the commission may petition for reconsideration in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 77-529 and amendments thereto. No cause of action arising out of a…

44-1011. Enforcement of commission orders; judicial review; procedure. (a) The commission, attorney general or county or district attorney, at the request of the commission, may secure enforcement of any final order of the commission in accordance with the Kansas judicial review …

44-1012. Posting of law and information. Every person, as defined herein, employer, employment agency and labor union subject to this act, shall keep posted in a conspicuous place or places on his premises a notice or notices to be prepared or approved by the commission, which sh…

44-1013. Unlawful acts; penalties. Any person, as defined herein, employer, labor organization or employment agency, who or which shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the commission or any of its members or representatives in the performance of duty under thi…