Title XXVII, Labor and Human Rights

A minor who has passed his or her fourteenth birthday but is under eighteen (18) years of age may be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation, except: (1) If he or she is under sixteen (16) years of age, he or she may not be…

No person shall furnish or sell to any minor any article of any description with the knowledge that the minor intends to sell said article in violation of KRS 339.210 to 339.450. No person shall continue to furnish or sell articles of any description to a minor after having recei…

(1) No minor under eighteen (18) years of age shall be permitted to work for more than five (5) hours continuously without an interval of at least thirty (30) minutes for a lunch period, and no period of less than thirty (30) minutes shall be deemed to interrupt a continuous peri…

years old with nonprofit organization -- Requirements -- Approval process -- Administrative regulations. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Department" means the Department of Workplace Standards; (b) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization that: 1. Is exempt from federal i…

Upon request, it shall be the duty of the local board of education through its superintendent or other authorized agent to issue to any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years desiring to enter employment a certificate of age upon presentation of proof of age. Every employer s…

A certificate of age duly issued shall be conclusive evidence of the age of the minor for whom issued in any proceeding involving the employment of the minor under the child labor or workers' compensation law or any other labor law of the state, as to any act occurring subsequent…

Every person employing minors under eighteen (18) years of age shall keep a separate register containing the names, ages, and addresses of such employees, and the time of commencing and stopping of work for each day, and the time of the beginning and ending of the daily meal peri…

Nothing in KRS 339.210 to 339.450 shall prevent the use of suitable machinery for instruction in schools where the mechanical arts are taught in connection with and as part of the usual school curriculum. The use of such machinery in any public or private school shall be subject …

(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Workplace Standards and of the inspectors and agents of said department, with the assistance of the school directors of pupil personnel, police officers and juvenile session of District Court probation officers, to enforce the provisi…

Anyone who employs or permits or suffers any minor to be employed or to work in violation of KRS 339.210 to 339.450, or of any order or ruling issued under the provisions thereof, or obstructs the Department of Workplace Standards, its officers, or agents, or any other person aut…