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K.S.A. § 44-1112 (2026)

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44-1112. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a) "Age" means an age of 40 or more years.

(b) "Commission" means the Kansas human rights commission created pursuant to K.S.A. 44-1003, and amendments thereto.

(c) "Employee" does not include any individual employed by the individual's parents, spouse or child.

(d) "Employer" means any person in this state who employs four or more persons and any person acting directly or indirectly for such a person, and includes the state and all political subdivisions of the state.

(e) "Employment agency" includes any person or governmental agency undertaking with or without compensation to procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or place employees.

(f) "Firefighter" means an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily to perform work directly connected with the control and extinguishment of fires or the maintenance and use of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

(g) "Labor organization" includes any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.

(h) "Law enforcement officer" means an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, apprehension or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of Kansas or of offenses against any ordinance or resolution which imposes criminal sanctions and is adopted by a city, county or other political subdivision of Kansas, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position. For the purposes of this subsection, "detention" includes the duties of employees assigned to guard individuals incarcerated in any penal institution.

(i) "Person" means individual, partnership, association, organization, corporation, legal representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver.

History: L. 1983, ch. 164, § 2; L. 1988, ch. 174, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 148, § 7; L. 2008, ch. 105, § 4; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1993–2019 · leading case: Klaassen v. Univ. of Kansas Sch. of Med., 84 F. Supp. 3d 1228 (D. Kan. 2015).
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Klaassen v. Univ. of Kansas Sch. of Med., 84 F. Supp. 3d 1228 (D. Kan. 2015). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 44-1112 defines “employer” to mean “any person in this state who employs four or more persons and any person acting directly or indirectly for such a person, and includes the state and all political subdivisions of the state.”
Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Kansas Human Rights Comm'n, 864 P.2d 1148 (Kan. 1993). “) The italicized portion of the statute was deleted in the 1988 legislative amendments to the statute, but there is no claim the amendment is material to the action herein.”
Elza v. Koch Indus., Inc., 16 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (D. Kan. 1998). “K.S.A. 44-1112(a). To prevail on an ADEA claim, a plaintiff must establish that age was a determining factor in the employer’s challenged decision.”
Bash v. City of Galena, Kan., 42 F. Supp. 2d 1171 (D. Kan. 1999). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. § 44-1112(a). To prevail on an ADEA claim, plaintiff must establish that age was a determining factor in the employer’s challenged decision.”
Excel Corp. v. Kansas Human Rights Comm'n, 864 P.2d 220 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993). “In the instant case, the district court concluded that Snyder succeeded in proving a prima facie case of age-based employment discrimination because: (1) he was over the age of 18 (see K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 44-1112[a]); (2) he had the qualifications to work as a dispatcher and…”
Skerce v. Torgeson Elec. Co. (D. Kan. 2019). · cites it 2× “§§ 623 (a)(1), 631(a); K.S.A. §§ 44-1112(a), 44-1113(a)(1). The analysis for claims of age discrimination is the same under both statutes.”
— K.S.A. § 44-1112(a) — 4 cases
Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Kansas Human Rights Comm'n, 864 P.2d 1148 (Kan. 1993). “) The italicized portion of the statute was deleted in the 1988 legislative amendments to the statute, but there is no claim the amendment is material to the action herein.”
Elza v. Koch Indus., Inc., 16 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (D. Kan. 1998). “K.S.A. 44-1112(a). To prevail on an ADEA claim, a plaintiff must establish that age was a determining factor in the employer’s challenged decision.”
Bash v. City of Galena, Kan., 42 F. Supp. 2d 1171 (D. Kan. 1999). “K.S.A. § 44-1112(a). To prevail on an ADEA claim, plaintiff must establish that age was a determining factor in the employer’s challenged decision.”
Skerce v. Torgeson Elec. Co. (D. Kan. 2019). “§§ 623 (a)(1), 631(a); K.S.A. §§ 44-1112(a), 44-1113(a)(1). The analysis for claims of age discrimination is the same under both statutes.”
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