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Minimum Wage and Overtime

KRS 337.275 — $7.25 an hour, and time and a half after 40 hours in a week

  • The state minimum is $7.25 an hour, in effect since July 1, 2009.
  • An employee who regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips may be paid the federal tipped minimum.
  • KRS 337.275
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No employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek unless paid at least one and one half times the regular hourly rate for the hours over 40.

  • KRS 337.285
Sources for this section (2)
  1. KRS 337.275 — Minimum wage
  2. KRS 337.285 — Time and a half for employment in excess of forty hours -- Compensatory time -- County or city employee, Trooper R Class, CVE R Class -- Designated work period for professional firefighters

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