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K.S.A. § 44-1201 (2026)

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44-1201. Short title. On and after January 1, 1978, K.S.A. 44-1201 to 44-1213, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as "the minimum wage and maximum hours law."

History: L. 1977, ch. 179, § 3; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: Wahl v. City of Wichita, Kan., 725 F. Supp. 1133 (D. Kan. 1989).
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Wahl v. City of Wichita, Kan., 725 F. Supp. 1133 (D. Kan. 1989). “It then argues that the distinction is incorrect, stating that the meal period requirements of the Kansas Minimum Wage Maximum Hours Law (KMWMHL), K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq., and its corresponding administrative regulations are essentially similar to FLSA.”
Lumry v. State, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, 307 P.3d 232 (Kan. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Under the KMWMHL, K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq., ah employers must pay their employees overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 46 hours per week.”
State Ex Rel. Ludwick v. Bd. of Johnson Cnty. Comm'rs, 661 P.2d 377 (Kan. 1983). · cites it 9× “: This is an action brought by the State of Kansas on relation of the Secretary of Human Resources to enforce the provisions of the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law (K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq.). The named defendants are the Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County…”
Stone v. City of Kiowa, 950 P.2d 1305 (Kan. 1997). “The district court’s memorandum opinion granting the City’s motions for summary judgment is terse: “The Plaintiffs’ actions, whether based on an express contract theory or on an implied contract theory or on the provisions of the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours law, K.”
Lamon v. City of Shawnee, Kan., 754 F. Supp. 1518 (D. Kan. 1991). “(“FLSA”), and the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour laws, K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq. On October 22, 1990, a jury verdict for plaintiffs was entered on the issue of compensability of meal periods under the FLSA.”
Brown v. Ford Storage & Moving Co., 224 P.3d 593 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “(Nebraska), to pay overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 46 hours per work week in violation of the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law (KMWMHL), K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq. Brown contends that Ford employed him and other drivers to deliver goods for Nebraska.”
Dollison v. Osborne Cnty., 737 P.2d 43 (Kan. 1987). “K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq. This statute is the state counterpart to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.”
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. v. Ratcliff, 953 F. Supp. 1228 (D. Kan. 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 44-319 (Count VII); illegal non-payment of overtime compensation pursuant to the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour Law, K.S.A. § 44-1201 et seq. (Count VIII); illegal nonpayment of overtime compensation pursuant to the Missouri Minimum Wage Law, Mo.”
Brown v. Ford Storage & Moving Co., Inc., 224 P.3d 593 (Kan. Ct. App. 2010). “(Nebraska), to pay overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 46 hours per work week in violation of the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Law (KMWMHL), K.S.A. 44-1201 et seq. Brown contends that Ford employed him and other drivers to deliver goods for Nebraska.”
OTR Drivers at Topeka Frito-Lay, Inc.'s Distrib. Ctr. v. Frito-Lay, Inc., 160 F.R.D. 146 (D. Kan. 1995). “, and the Kansas Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Act (“KMWMHA”), K.S.A. 44-1201, et seq. On April 25, 1991, defendant moved to dismiss arguing the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because (1) the action was not brought by a proper party plaintiff and (2) plaintiffs’…”
Lumry v. State (Kan. 2016). · cites it 2× “ent to a supervisor that he would not continue shorting his overtime and pay gave the KBI sufficient notice that he was asserting protected FLSA rights; (3) whether Kansas law recognizes retaliatory discharge as a common-law tort when an employee is fired for invoking rights…”
Jain v. Kumar (D. Kan. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 60-5003; violation of the Kansas Minimum Wage Maximum Hours Law (KMWMHL), K.S.A. §§ 44-1201, 44-1203; violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.”
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