Employment Application
(KY)

Summary

This template is an employment application that gathers information from a job applicant to allow a Kentucky based employer to determine the applicant's suitability for a position. This template contains practical guidance, drafting notes, and optional clauses. Unless required by law or business necessity, Kentucky job applications should not include questions about the following applicant characteristics protected by the Kentucky Civil Rights Act (KCRA), Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 344.010 et seq.: • Race • Color • Sex, including pregnancy and childbirth • Religion • Age • Whether a prospective employee is a smoker as long as the individual complies with the employer's workplace smoking policy • National origin Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 344.040. The Kentucky Civil Rights Act also prohibits employers with fifteen or more employees from discriminating against prospective employees on the basis of disability. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 344.030(2), 344.040. Kentucky's Equal Opportunities Act prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or prospective employee to take an HIV test as a condition of hiring, promotion, or continued employment unless the absence of HIV is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 207.135(2). This template intended for private employers. The application'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 Employment Application. The drafting notes contain legal considerations for any alterations you may make to this template before use. For information on job applications under federal law, see Job Applications: Key Drafting Tips. For information on job applications in Kentucky, see Screening and Hiring (KY). See also Social Media Information Regarding Job Applicants and Employees: Key Considerations and Social Media: Employer Access to Employees' Accounts State Law Survey. For tracking of newly enacted laws affecting employment applications in Kentucky and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).