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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 337.020

Time of payment of wages -- Exception

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Every employer doing business in this state shall, as often as semimonthly, pay to each of its employees all wages or salary earned to a day not more than eighteen (18) days prior to the date of that payment. Any employee who is absent at the time fixed for payment, or who, for any other reason, is not paid at that time, shall be paid thereafter at any time upon six (6) days' demand. No employer subject to this section shall, by any means, secure exemption from it. Every such employee shall have a right of action against any such employer for the full amount of his wages due on each regular pay day. The provisions of this section do not apply to those individuals defined in KRS 337.010(2)(a)2. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 340, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 576a-1.

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Cited in 24 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1986–2026 · leading case: Parts Depot, Inc. v. Beiswenger
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Parts Depot, Inc. v. Beiswenger (2005) ky · cites it 10× “391, § 9, provides: (1) Any employer who pays any employee less than wages and overtime compensation to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of KRS 337.020 to 337.285 shall be liable to such employee affected for the *358 full amount of such wages and overtime…”
England v. Advance Stores Co. (2009) kywd · cites it 7× “Subsection (1) of the statute provides that any employer who pays any employee less than wages and overtime compensation to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of KRS 337.020 to 337.285 shall be liable to such employee affected for the full amount of such wages…”
Lipson v. Univ. of Louisville (2018) kyctapp · cites it 2× “KRS 337.020 provides that employers shall pay "employees all wages or salary earned" and "[e]very such employee shall have a right of action against any such employer for the full amount of his wages due on each regular pay day.”
Williams v. King Bee Delivery, LLC (2016) kyed · cites it 2× “The statute provides: (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, any employer who pays any employee less than wages and overtime compensation to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of KRS 337.020 to 337.285 shall be hable to such employee affected…”
Young v. Hammond (2004) ky · cites it 2× “345(2)(h) when he refused to forward her application to the Russell Council; (2) that Back had discriminated against her on the basis of gender; and (3) that she had not been compensated for work performed in violation of KRS 337.020. The Greenup Circuit Court granted summary…”
Noel v. Season-Sash, Inc. (1986) kyctapp · cites it 4× “310(1) provides that "[a]ll questions of fact arising under KRS 337.020 to 337.405 . . . shall be decided by the commissioner.”
Mary E. McCann Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Sullivan University System, Inc., D/B/ (2017) ky “act or omission giving rise to such action was in good faith and that he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her act or omission was not a violation of KRS 337.020 to 337.285, the court may, in its sound discretion, award no liquidated damages, or award- any…”
Davenport v. Charter Communications, LLC (2014) moed · cites it 2× “385 of the Kentucky Act, governing employer liability for unpaid overtime wages, states in relevant part: (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, any employer who pays any employee less than wages and overtime compensation to which such' employee is entitled…”
Hunt v. Stainless (2016) kyctapp “385(1) provides liability for the wrongful withholding of wages as follows: [A]ny employer who pays any employee less than wages and overtime compensation to which such employee is entitled under or by virtue of KRS 337.020 to 337.285. shall be liable to such employee affected…”
Healthcare of Louisville v. Kiesel (1986) kyctapp · cites it 2× “385 reads in pertinent part as follows: (1) Any employer who pays any employe less than wages and overtime compensation to which such employe is entitled under or by virtue of KRS 337.020 to 337.285 shall be liable to such employe affected for the full amount of such wages and…”
Trotter v. Perdue Farms, Inc. (2001) ded “, Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 337.020; Md.Code Ann.”
Francis v. Marshall (2010) kyed · cites it 2× “” On the other hand, Ky.Rev.Stat. § 337.020 requires the timely payment of wages and salary during employment.”
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