HB131
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Amend KRS 95.500 to allow, absent a collective bargaining agreement, specified fire personnel to have schedules consisting of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours of off duty time; specify that collective bargaining agreements maintained by a city or urban-county government may control work hours in lieu of the specified schedules.
Introduced: January 8, 2025
Last action: March 17, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill updates Kentucky law to allow certain fire department personnel to work a schedule of 48 hours on duty followed by 96 hours off duty, where no collective bargaining agreement exists. If a city or urban-county government has a collective bargaining agreement in place, that agreement can still set work hours instead. The change gives fire departments more flexibility in how they schedule their staff. Who it may affect: firefighters and fire department personnel employed by cities and urban-county governments in Kentucky.
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