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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky HB 341 establishes a worker "right to disconnect" and penalties for employer contact during off-hours
Last action · January 21, 2026: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)Sponsor: Lisa Willner
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky employers must establish a workplace policy allowing employees to ignore work-related communications during nonworking hours, with exceptions for emergencies and scheduling. Violating the policy three or more times subjects employers to civil penalties ranging from $100 to $1,000. The rules do not apply to workers covered by a .
Workers gain legal backing to ignore after-hours communications without facing discipline, while employers face financial penalties for repeated unwanted off-hours contact.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Kentucky employees
Employees gain the legal right to ignore non-emergency employer communications during off-hours without employer reprisal.
Kentucky employers
Employers must establish written workplace policies regarding nonworking hours and face civil fines for violating the disconnect policy three or more times.
Key Facts
- Employers must establish a workplace policy providing employees the right to disconnect from work communications during nonworking hours.
- Nonworking hours are defined through a written agreement between the employer and the employee.
- Employers retain the right to contact employees during nonworking hours for emergencies or scheduling purposes.
- Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement are exempt from these provisions.
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- Employers who violate the right to disconnect policy three or more times face civil penalties ranging from $100 to $1,000.
- Civil penalties are assessed by the Education and Labor Cabinet in accordance with KRS 336.985.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 21, 2026HouseCommitteeto Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy70Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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