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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 337.055

Payment of all wages or salary upon dismissal or voluntary leaving

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required. Any employee who leaves or is discharged from his employment shall be paid in full all wages or salary earned by him; not later than the next normal pay period following the date of dismissal or voluntary leaving or fourteen (14) days following such date of dismissal or voluntary leaving whichever last occurs. Any employee who is absent at the time fixed for payment by an employer, or who, for any other reason, is not paid at that time, shall be paid thereafter at any time or upon fourteen (14) days' demand. No employer shall, by any means, secure exemption from this section. History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 275, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Thornton v. Western & Southern Financial Group Beneflex Plan
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Thornton v. Western & Southern Financial Group Beneflex Plan (2011) kywd · cites it 7× “KRS § 337.055. Similarly, Thornton alleges breach of fiduciary duty based upon the same conduct.”
Parts Depot, Inc. v. Beiswenger (2005) ky · cites it 3× “Beis-wenger alleged a violation of KRS 337.055 (“Any employee who leaves or is discharged from his employment shall be paid in full all wages or salary earned by him_”), and brought his action pursuant to KRS 337.”
Dodd v. DYKE INDUSTRIES, INC. (2007) kywd · cites it 4× “, alleging breach of contract, fraud, and illegal pay practices in violation of Ky.Rev.Stat. §§ 337.055 and 337.060(2)(e).”
Berrier v. Bizer (2001) ky “010(l)(c) includes “vested vacation pay” within the definition of “wages” and KRS 337.055 requires a terminated employee to be paid in full all wages earned by him/her not later than fourteen days following the date of dismissal.”
Noel v. Season-Sash, Inc. (1986) kyctapp · cites it 4× “It alleges that he earned wages as defined in that chapter, and that the appellees have refused to pay him in violation of KRS 337.055 and .060, and that "by operation of KRS 337.”
Lipson v. Univ. of Louisville (2018) kyctapp “" See KRS 337.055 (providing for payment in full after an employee leaves his employment).”
Francis v. Marshall (2010) kyed · cites it 5× “Ky. Rev.Stat. § 337.055 provides a mechanism to recover wages and salary at the time of discharge.”
City of Louisville v. Bergel (1980) ky · cites it 2× “It was ordered in accordance with an affidavit of one Donald Ross and charged respondent with a violation of KRS 337.055, the illegal withholding of wages.”
Hunt v. Stainless (2016) kyctapp “On Hunt’s counterclaim, the jury found that NAS wrongfully withheld Hunt’s final wages for more than fourteen days in violation of KRS 337.055, and it lacked a good faith basis for deducting educational expenses from his final wages pursuant to KRS 337.”
Vogel v. E.D. Bullard Co. (2013) kyed · cites it 4× “KRS § 337.055 Further, the undisputed material facts do not support Defendant’s contention that Bullard did not violate KRS § 337.”
Ted D. Malone v. Jefferson County Board of Education (2021) kyctapp · cites it 2× “Turning first to the wage and hour law claim, Malone contends JCBE violated KRS 337.055, KRS 337.060(1) and KRS 337.010(1)(c)1 by not compensating him for 30% of his earned sick leave pursuant to the JCBE-JCTA labor agreement.”
Malloy Oil, LLC v. Kentucky Labor Cabinet, Department of Workplace Standards (2023) kyctapp · cites it 2× “010 and KRS 337.055. On March 22, 2021, Dennis and Malloy filed an appeal in Henderson Circuit Court.”
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