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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.420 (2026)

Employee not to pay premium for compensation

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No agreement by any employee to pay any portion of the insurance premium paid by his employer shall be valid. No employer shall deduct any portion of such premium from the wages or salary of any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter. Effective: October 1, 1942. History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4962.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2017–2017 · leading case: Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, 513 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2017).
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Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, 513 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2017). “It should be noted that in the period between granting attorneys’ fees and Mullins’s motion, a new CAU took office.”
Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, No. 2016 SC 000383 (Ky. Apr. 18, 2017). “” So according to Mullins, the statute merely states that her weekly benefits may be 3 KRS 342.420(4). altered to pay the fee and does not specifically permit workers’ compensation insurers to discount the present value.”
Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, No. 2016 SC 000383 (Ky. Aug. 28, 2017). “" So according to Mullins, the statute merely states that her weekly benefits may be 3 KRS 342.420(4). 4 altered to pay the fee and does not specifically permit workers' compensation insurers to discount the present value.”
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.420(4): 3 cases
Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, 513 S.W.3d 337 (Ky. 2017). “It should be noted that in the period between granting attorneys’ fees and Mullins’s motion, a new CAU took office.”
Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, No. 2016 SC 000383 (Ky. Apr. 18, 2017). “” So according to Mullins, the statute merely states that her weekly benefits may be 3 KRS 342.420(4). altered to pay the fee and does not specifically permit workers’ compensation insurers to discount the present value.”
Margie Mullins v. Leggett & Platt, No. 2016 SC 000383 (Ky. Aug. 28, 2017). “" So according to Mullins, the statute merely states that her weekly benefits may be 3 KRS 342.420(4). 4 altered to pay the fee and does not specifically permit workers' compensation insurers to discount the present value.”
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