Summary of Original Version

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 339 to allow a nonprofit organization to create a work program for minors 12 or 13 years of age; require the program to exist to provide minors with life skills and employment skills; require that the primary benefit of the work performed provide vocational and educational value to the minors; prohibit minors from working when school is in session; prohibit minors from working in activities that engage in interstate commerce; allow participation of minors 14 to 17 years of age to participate in work program under current gainful employment standards; require the Department of Workplace Standards to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 339.210 to specify that the participation of minors 12 or 13 years of age in the work program for minors shall be excluded from "gainful employment."

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions, except define additional terms; require a nonprofit to apply to the Department of Workplace Standards to establish a youth work program under this Act; establish further requirements and prohibitions for participation in a program; require employment for a new program to not operate on student attendance days; provide an exemption to allow a nonprofit that currently operates or has previously operated a program to apply to the department to allow a minor to work on school attendance days, but not during regular school hours; require the nonprofit to bear the burden of proof to justify the necessity of a program on school attendance days; require the department to be the sole decision maker in the approval or denial of any work program under this Act; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; amend KRS 339.210 to conform.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Floor Amendment 1 -- D. Harper Angel

Summary Retain original provisions except to not allow the minor to work if the minor missed school that day and the nonprofit organization was aware of it.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 339.210
Acts Chapter 119: 339.210
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 339.210
Current/Final: 339.210
Current: 339.210