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Ex. DUT-KY-011 Standing duty Primary source read

KRS 338.991

Penalties (KRS chapter 338)

Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 338) · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const. sec. 29
Issued
2025-06-27 June 27, 2025
Effective
standing (read as 2025-06-27)
End
standing
In force
Standing since June 27, 2025 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Addressees
  • employers
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Kentucky DUT-KY

Operative words

(1) Any employer who willfully or repeatedly violates the requirement of any section of this chapter, including any standard, regulation, or order promulgated pursuant to this chapter, may be assessed a civil penalty of up to seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for each violation, but not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each willful violation.

Penalty

civil penalties as quoted

What it required

Backed the employer's duties under KRS 338.031 and the adopted standards with civil penalties: up to $70,000 per willful or repeated violation, up to $7,000 per serious violation (subsection (2)), up to $7,000 per violation not of a serious nature, and up to $7,000 per day for failure to correct a cited violation.

Retrieval note

The saved text is the current (2025) version; the amounts in subsections (1)-(3) and (5) as read match the pre-2025 schedule of $70,000 and $7,000, and the 2020-2021 text was not separately retrieved. Cite the amounts as 'up to' figures from the current text and verify the 2020 text before a brief quotes a dollar figure.