employees limited.
(1) The general purpose of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 is to establish for the state a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off, removal, discipline, and welfare of its classified employees and other incidents of state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions in the state classified service shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive examination, except as hereinafter specified. The General Assembly finds that this chapter is necessary in order to improve the morale and motivation of state employees and to gain the maximum utilization of human resources in order to provide better service to the citizens of this Commonwealth.
(2) The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the executive branch shall not exceed thirty-three thousand (33,000).
(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section do not apply to teachers, career guidance coaches and counselors, or school administrators employed in state- operated area technology centers, or employees of the General Assembly, the Legislative Research Commission, the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation, or the Court of Justice.
(4) As used in this section, "career guidance coach" has the same meaning as in KRS 158.810. Effective: April 19, 2012 History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 8, effective April 19, 2012. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. -- Repealed, reenacted, and amended as KRS 18A.010, 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982 and created in part ch. 381, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created in part 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 1. Formerly codified as KRS 18.120. 2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175, Pt. I, C, 2, (1) at 1832. 2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175, Pt. I, G, 1, (2) at 1847. Legislative Research Commission Note (4/19/2012). 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 10, provides that the Act, which included an amendment to this statute, shall be known as the "Career Pathways Act of 2012."
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
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1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case:
Fletcher v. Commonwealth, 163 S.W.3d 852 (Ky. 2005).
Fletcher v. Commonwealth, 163 S.W.3d 852 (Ky. 2005).
· cites it 2× “Among the statutes that the parties to this appeal claim were actually suspended in the Public Services Continuation Plan were KRS 18A.010(2) (number of state employees limited to 33,000); KRS *872 18A.”
Faust v. Commonwealth, 142 S.W.3d 89 (Ky. 2004).
· cites it 2× “KRS 18A.010. The General Assembly made a provision to protect the job-security rights of career employees by the enactment of the career employee reversion rights statutes and through the approval of regulations promulgated to implement those statutes.”
Hughes v. Kentucky Horse Racing Auth., 179 S.W.3d 865 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004).
“Had the legislature intended to exempt KRC from the state merit system, it could easily have done so ' as it did for other entities of state government in KRS 18A.010(3). From the outset of this case, KRC more realistically acknowledged Hughes’s right of appeal to the Personnel…”
Commonwealth Cabinet for Human Resources v. Bridewell, 62 S.W.3d 370 (Ky. 2001).
· cites it 2× “In an obvious attempt to limit the number of personnel that could be employed *375 by the executive branch of government, the 1982 General Assembly enacted what is now compiled as KRS 18A.010(2): The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the…”
Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Health Dep't v. Lloyd, 115 S.W.3d 343 (Ky. Ct. App. 2003).
“This language mirrors the language governing state agencies at KRS 18A.010(1), which provides for "a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off, removal,…”
Com., Cabinet for Human Res. v. Bridewell, 62 S.W.3d 370 (Ky. 2001).
· cites it 2× “In an obvious attempt to limit the number of personnel that could be employed *375 by the executive branch of government, the 1982 General Assembly enacted what is now compiled as KRS 18A.010(2): The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the…”
Lexington-fayette Urban Cty Health v. Lloyd, 115 S.W.3d 343 (Ky. Ct. App. 2003).
“[12] This language mirrors the language governing state agencies at KRS 18A.010(1), which provides for "a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off,…”
State Pers. Bd. v. Greenwell, 795 S.W.2d 381 (Ky. 1990).
“See KRS 18A.010. We believe that the board has a duty to act to enforce the provisions of KRS 18A.”
Hart v. Pers. Bd., 905 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995).
“" 'Initial probation’ means the period of service following initial appointment to any position under KRS 18A.010 to 18A.200 which requires special observation and evaluation of an employee's work and which must be passed successfully before status may be conferred as provided…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.010(1) — 2 cases
Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Health Dep't v. Lloyd, 115 S.W.3d 343 (Ky. Ct. App. 2003).
“This language mirrors the language governing state agencies at KRS 18A.010(1), which provides for "a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off, removal,…”
Lexington-fayette Urban Cty Health v. Lloyd, 115 S.W.3d 343 (Ky. Ct. App. 2003).
“[12] This language mirrors the language governing state agencies at KRS 18A.010(1), which provides for "a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the recruitment, examination, appointment, promotion, transfer, lay-off,…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.010(2) — 3 cases
Fletcher v. Commonwealth, 163 S.W.3d 852 (Ky. 2005).
“Among the statutes that the parties to this appeal claim were actually suspended in the Public Services Continuation Plan were KRS 18A.010(2) (number of state employees limited to 33,000); KRS *872 18A.”
Commonwealth Cabinet for Human Resources v. Bridewell, 62 S.W.3d 370 (Ky. 2001).
“In an obvious attempt to limit the number of personnel that could be employed *375 by the executive branch of government, the 1982 General Assembly enacted what is now compiled as KRS 18A.010(2): The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the…”
Com., Cabinet for Human Res. v. Bridewell, 62 S.W.3d 370 (Ky. 2001).
“In an obvious attempt to limit the number of personnel that could be employed *375 by the executive branch of government, the 1982 General Assembly enacted what is now compiled as KRS 18A.010(2): The total number of permanent full-time personnel employed in agencies of the…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.010(3) — 1 case
Hughes v. Kentucky Horse Racing Auth., 179 S.W.3d 865 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004).
“Had the legislature intended to exempt KRC from the state merit system, it could easily have done so ' as it did for other entities of state government in KRS 18A.010(3). From the outset of this case, KRC more realistically acknowledged Hughes’s right of appeal to the Personnel…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 18A.010(3)(b) — 1 case
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