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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.050 (2026)

Repealed, effective January 1, 1973

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: No employer to be relieved of obligation of this chapter. History: Repealed 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 36, effective January 1, 1973. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4889.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1955–1978 · leading case: Ratliff v. Redmon, 396 S.W.2d 320 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965).
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Ratliff v. Redmon, 396 S.W.2d 320 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 2× “” The General Assembly of Kentucky further demonstrated its humane and compassionate consideration for the working class when it enacted KRS 342.050 prohibiting any contract, written or implied, or device calculated to relieve any employer of the obligation created by the…”
Brewer v. Millich, 276 S.W.2d 12 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). “This statute is mentioned for the purpose of showing the intention of the Act to protect the employee and without saying whether this section would forbid or prohibit the type contract involved in this case.”
Blevins v. Johnson, 344 S.W.2d 375 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961). “Piad the employer attempted to obtain a release from the employee for any silicosis incurred after September 15, 1956, the employer would clearly have violated KRS 342.050 which precludes any “contract or agreement, written or implied, * * * rule, regulation or other device * *…”
Adkins v. Int'l Harvester Co., 286 S.W.2d 528 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “I dissent from the majority opinion because I believe that the employer’s failure to filé receipts of weekly payments or its voluntary agreement is in violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of KRS 342.050, which provides: “Except as provided in this chapter, no contract or…”
Buckman v. Repub. Structural Painting Corp., 302 S.W.2d 855 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). “The appellant places considerable reliance upon KRS 342.050 (a part of our Workmen’s Compensation Act) which provides that “no contract * * * shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer in whole or in part of any obligation created by this chapter.”
Kentucky Workmen's Comp. Bd. v. Alexander, 562 S.W.2d 670 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “Section 8a, which became § 4889 of the statutes and then § 342.050 of the present act, was repealed January 1, 1973.”
Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Meade, 289 S.W.2d 503 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “” and the spirit expressed in KRS 342.050 which reads: “Except as provided in this chapter, no contract or agreement, written or implied, no rule, regulation or other device, shall in any manner operate to relieve any employer in whole or in part of any obligation created by…”
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