Compensation and Payroll Practices Policy
(KY)

Summary

This template is a compensation and payroll practices policy for use by Kentucky employers. It contains practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. The policy covers payment of wages, deductions, exempt employees, timekeeping (including off-the clock prohibitions), overtime, meal, and rest breaks, breaks for nursing mothers, on-call time, and wage and hour complaints. This template is intended for private employers and may be included in an employee handbook or distributed as a standalone policy. The policy's language has been customized to comply with Kentucky and federal law. As a result, the text of this template differs from the non-jurisdictional Compensation and Payroll Practices Policy. For a full listing of key content covering employee handbook considerations, see Employee Handbook Resource Kit. For information on Kentucky laws concerning compensation and payroll practices, see Wage and Hour (KY) and the Kentucky row of the Wage and Hour State Practice Notes Chart.