From Sylvia Goodman: Another bill to strip Kentucky worker protections advances in legislature
Berry Craig
Employers wouldn’t have to provide meal or rest breaks, pay employees for travel time or provide seventh day overtime under a bill that passed a House committee Wednesday.
By SYLVIA GOODMAN
Several pieces of legislation to erode worker’s protections in Kentucky have begun moving through the legislative process this year, including a bill to allow teenagers to work longer and later hours.
Another measure in that surge of legislation cleared a committee vote Wednesday. House Bill 500 would strip Kentucky’s meal and rest break protections as well as seventh-day overtime.
Both bills would weaken Kentucky labor laws, stripping them down to the minimum requirements of federal law. They also share a sponsor, Republican Rep. Phillip Pratt from Georgetown.