HB 814
AN ACT relating to employment.
In Plain Language
This bill would make it illegal for employers to fire workers without giving a reason. It would allow workers who are fired without cause to recover money from their employers and would set up rules about when companies have to follow their own internal procedures before firing someone.
Official summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms and make the termination of employment without cause unlawful; establish amount that may be recovered for wrongful discharge; specify when the employers' internal procedures are to be used.
Sponsor
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Cosponsors
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Latest action
to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
Mar 9, 2026
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