Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67C.402 (2026)

Employees' right to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining --

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Mayor to represent consolidated local government.

(1) Police officers of a consolidated local government shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right of self-organization, to form, join, or assist any labor organization, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment free from interference, restraint, or coercion.

(2) Labor organizations designated by the cabinet as the representative of the majority of police officers in an appropriate unit or recognized by a consolidated local government as the representative of the majority of employees in an appropriate unit shall be the exclusive representative for the employees of that unit for the purpose of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours, and other conditions of employment.

(3) Labor organizations recognized by a consolidated local government as the exclusive representative or so designated in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be responsible for representing the interest of all police officers in the unit without discrimination.

(4) When a labor organization has been designated in accordance with the provisions of this section as the exclusive representative of police officers in an appropriate unit, the mayor of a consolidated local government or his designated authorized representative shall represent the consolidated local government in collective bargaining with the labor organization. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 65, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2021–2024 · leading case: River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. v. louisville/jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (Ky. 2022).

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River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. v. louisville/jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (Ky. 2022). · cites it 12× “The petition alleged that Louisville Metro engaged in an unfair labor practice by interfering, restraining, and coercing police officers in the exercise of their rights under KRS 67C.402. It further alleged that the Labor Cabinet’s final order was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse…”

River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. v. louisville/jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 7× “-21- I must disagree with the circuit court’s opinion, and the concurring majority opinion, accepting the Cabinet’s argument that it lacked authority to recognize a union business privilege because “KRS 67C.402 and KRS 67C.406 contain no language which would lead to the creation…”

Thompson v. Louisville Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (W.D. Ky. 2024). · cites it 7× “§ 67C.402 rather than violations of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”).”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67C.402(1) — 2 cases

River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. v. louisville/jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “-21- I must disagree with the circuit court’s opinion, and the concurring majority opinion, accepting the Cabinet’s argument that it lacked authority to recognize a union business privilege because “KRS 67C.402 and KRS 67C.406 contain no language which would lead to the creation…”

River City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 614, Inc. v. louisville/jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (Ky. 2022). “The petition alleged that Louisville Metro engaged in an unfair labor practice by interfering, restraining, and coercing police officers in the exercise of their rights under KRS 67C.402. It further alleged that the Labor Cabinet’s final order was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse…”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 67C.402(3) — 1 case

Thompson v. Louisville Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't (W.D. Ky. 2024). “§ 67C.402 rather than violations of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”).”

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