KRS 337.060: Unlawful for employer to withhold wages -- Exceptions -- Specified

deductions from wages prohibited.

(1) No employer shall withhold from any employee any part of the wage agreed

upon. This section shall not make it unlawful for an employer to withhold or

divert any portion of an employee's wage when the employer is authorized to

do so by local, state, or federal law or when a deduction is expressly

authorized in writing by the employee to cover insurance premiums, hospital

and medical dues, or other deductions not amounting to a rebate or deduction

from the standard wage arrived at by collective bargaining or pursuant to wage

agreement or statute, nor shall it preclude deductions for union dues where

such deductions are authorized by joint wage agreements or collective

bargaining contracts negotiated between employers and employees or their

representative and meet the requirements of KRS 336.135. However, a

collective bargaining agreement entered into, opted in, renewed, or extended

on or after January 9, 2017, shall not contain provisions authorizing or requiring

the deduction of any portion of an employee's wages without the written

consent of the employee.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, no employer

shall deduct the following from the wages of employees:

(a) Fines;

(b) Cash shortages in a common money till, cash box or register used by two

(2) or more persons;

(c) Breakage;

(d) Losses due to acceptance by an employee of checks which are

subsequently dishonored if such employee is given discretion to accept or

reject any check; or

(e) Losses due to defective or faulty workmanship, lost or stolen property,

damage to property, default of customer credit, or nonpayment for goods

or services received by the customer if such losses are not attributable to

employee's willful or intentional disregard of employer's interest.