KRS 337.420: Definitions.

(1) "Employee" means any individual employed by any employer, including but not

limited to individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions,

instrumentalities, or instrumentalities of political subdivisions.

(2) "Employer" means a person who has two (2) or more employees within the

state in each of twenty (20) or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding

calendar year and an agent of such a person.

(3) "Wage rate" means all compensation for employment, including payment in

kind and amounts paid by employers for employee benefits, as defined by the

commissioner in regulations issued under KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and

337.990(11).

(4) "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.

(5) "Occupation" includes any industry, trade, business, or branch thereof, or any

employment or class of employment.

(6) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Workplace

Standards under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education

and Labor Cabinet.

(7) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, legal

representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntary associations.