Title XXVII, Labor and Human Rights

For the purposes of KRS 344.030 to 344.110: (1) "Qualified individual with a disability" means an individual with a disability as defined in KRS 344.010 who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that the individu…

contribution rates for smokers and nonsmokers and benefits for smoking cessation program participants excepted. (1) It is an unlawful practice for an employer: (a) To fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against an individual with r…

In effectuating the purposes of this chapter no employer, as defined in KRS 344.030, shall establish any employment practices affecting the terms, conditions, and privileges of employment in derogation of an established seniority system or which contravenes an existing collective…

(1) It is an unlawful practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age forty (40) and over, or because the person is a qualified indi…

It is an unlawful practice for a labor organization: (1) To exclude or to expel from its membership, or otherwise to discriminate against, a member or applicant for membership because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age forty (40) and over, or because the perso…

It is an unlawful practice for an employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling apprenticeship or other training or retraining, including on-the-job training programs to discriminate against an individual because of race, color, religion, national …

It is an unlawful practice for an employer, labor organization, licensing agency, or employment agency to print or publish or cause to be printed or published a notice or advertisement relating to employment by such an employer or membership in or any classification or referral f…

certain cases. Notwithstanding any other provisions of KRS 344.030 to 344.110, it is not an unlawful practice for: (1) An employer to hire and employ employees, or an employment agency to classify, or refer for employment an individual, for a labor organization to classify its me…

other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age forty and over, or because person is a qualified individual with a disability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it is not an unlawful practice for an employer to apply different standards of compen…

(1) Nothing contained in this chapter requires an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee subject to this chapter to grant preferential treatment to an individual or to a group because of the race, color, religion, national origin, sex…

Except as otherwise provided in KRS 344.140 and 344.145, it is an unlawful practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort, or amusem…

chapter -- Exceptions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" includes any place, store, or other establishment, either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public or…

It is an unlawful practice for a person, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, or mail, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, displayed, or mailed, a written, printed, oral, or visual communication, notice, or advertisement, which indicates that t…

facilities supported by government funds prohibited. (1) It shall be an unlawful practice to deny an individual, because of sex, the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a restaurant, hotel, motel, or any facil…

There is hereby created a Commission on Human Rights. The commission shall consist of eleven (11) members, one (1) to be appointed from each Supreme Court district and four (4) from the state at large. The Governor shall appoint all members, and shall name one (1) member as chair…

(1) The members of the Commission on Human Rights established by KRS 344.150 shall be appointed on a bipartisan basis and shall be broadly representative of employers, proprietors, trade unions, religious groups, human rights groups, and the general public. (2) Each member is ent…

The function of the commission shall be to encourage fair treatment for, to foster mutual understanding and respect among and to discourage discrimination against any racial or ethnic group or its members.

The powers and duties of the commission shall be: (1) To employ an executive director and other necessary personnel within the limits of funds made available; (2) To conduct research projects or make studies into and publish reports on discrimination in Kentucky; (3) To receive a…

In the enforcement of this chapter, the Commission on Human Rights shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To maintain an office in the city of Louisville and other offices within the state as may be deemed necessary. (2) To meet and exercise its powers at any place withi…

Enforcement. (1) An individual claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice other than a discriminatory housing practice, a member of the commission, or the Attorney General may file with the commission a written sworn complaint stating that an unlawful practice has been comm…

(1) Within sixty (60) days after a complaint other than a complaint alleging a discriminatory housing practice is filed, unless the commission has issued an order dismissing the complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement or within thirty (30) days after an applica…

(1) If the commission determines that the respondent has not engaged in an unlawful practice, the commission shall issue a final order in accordance with the provisions of KRS Chapter 13B dismissing the complaint. A copy of the order shall be delivered to the complainant, the res…

(1) Any complainant, respondent, or intervenor aggrieved by a final order of the commission, including a final order dismissing any complaint or stating the terms of a conciliation agreement, may obtain judicial review, and the commission may obtain an order of the court for enfo…

(1) In connection with an investigation of a complaint filed under this chapter, the commission or its designated representative at any reasonable time may request access to premises, records, and documents relevant to the complaint and the right to examine, photograph and copy e…

Witnesses summoned by a subpoena in a discriminatory housing proceeding shall be entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in Circuit Court.

practice while claim pending before the other body -- Final determination exclusive. The provisions of KRS 13B.140 notwithstanding, commission shall not take jurisdiction over any claim of an unlawful practice under this chapter while a claim of the same person seeking relief for…

It shall be an unlawful practice for a person, or for two (2) or more persons to conspire: (1) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because he has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this chapter, or because he has made a charge, filed a complaint, test…

It is an unlawful practice for a party to a conciliation agreement made pursuant to subsection (4) of KRS 344.200 to violate the terms of the agreement.

(1) Cities and counties are authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances, orders, and resolutions prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, familial status, or national origin, sex, or age, and to prescribe …

Any city or county, or one (1) or more cities and counties acting jointly, may create a human rights commission (hereinafter a "local commission"): (1) To provide for execution within its jurisdiction of the policies embodied in this chapter and the Federal Civil Rights Act of 19…

A local commission may be authorized to: (1) Receive, initiate, investigate, hear, and determine charges of violations of ordinances, orders, or resolutions forbidding discrimination adopted by the city or county. (2) Compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evide…

A local commission established pursuant to this chapter may: (1) Enter into cooperative working agreements with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created by Section 705 of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 241) in order to achieve the purposes…

The proceeding for enforcement of a local commission order is initiated by filing a complaint in the Circuit Court. Copies of the complaint shall be served upon all parties of record. Within thirty (30) days after the filing of the complaint by the local commission, or within suc…

The commission may enter into cooperative working agreements with local commissions which have enforceable ordinances, orders, or resolutions and professional staff under the provisions of KRS 344.320.

It is an unlawful housing practice for a real estate operator, or for a real estate broker, real estate salesman, or any person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these: (1) To refuse to sell, exchange, rent, or lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold, real property from a…

Nothing in KRS 344.360 shall apply to: (1) The YMCA, YWCA, and similar type single sex dormitory rental properties, including, but not limited to, those dormitories operated by institutions of higher education; (2) A landlord who refused to rent to an unmarried couple of opposite…

(1) Nothing in KRS 344.360 shall apply: (a) To the rental of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than two (2) families living independently of each other, if the owner or a member of his family resides in one of the housing acc…

accommodation. It is an unlawful practice for a person in the business of insuring against hazards to refuse to enter into, or discriminate in the terms, conditions, or privileges of, a contract of insurance against hazards to a housing accommodation because of the race, color, r…

It is an unlawful practice for a financial institution or for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in real estate-related transactions: (1) To discriminate against an individual because of the race, color, religion, or national origin, familial status, disa…

It is an unlawful practice for a health facility to discriminate or retaliate against a health care worker who reports a workplace safety violation or an incident of workplace violence.

It shall be no defense to a violation of this chapter by a real estate operator, real estate broker, real estate salesman, financial institution, or other person subject to the provisions of this chapter that the violation was requested, sought or otherwise procured by a person n…

It is an unlawful practice for a real estate operator, a real estate broker, a real estate salesman, a financial institution, an employee of any of these, or any other person, for the purpose of inducing a real estate transaction from which a person may benefit financially: (1) T…

Commission -- Notice of violation to state or federal licensing agency. (1) Where a real estate broker or a real estate salesman has failed to comply with an order issued by the commission or has been found to have committed an unfair housing practice in violation of KRS 344.380,…

(1) It shall be an unlawful practice for any person, whether acting for himself or another, in connection with any credit transaction because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex to: (a) deny credit to any person; (b) increase the charges or fees for or collateral req…

Any person injured by any act in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action in Circuit Court to enjoin further violations, and to recover the actual damages sustained, together with the costs of the law suit. The court's order or judgment shall…

person -- Compensation of interpreter. (1) Any person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or speech impaired or who because of a speaking or other impairment has difficulty in communicating with other persons shall be entitled to the assistance and services of a qualified interpreter. …