KRS 337.423: Discrimination prohibited.

(1) No employer shall discriminate between employees in the same establishment

on the basis of sex, by paying wages to any employee in any occupation in this

state at a rate less than the rate at which he or she pays any employee of the

opposite sex for comparable work on jobs which have comparable

requirements relating to skill, effort and responsibility. Differentials which are

paid pursuant to established seniority systems or merit increase systems,

which do not discriminate on the basis of sex, shall not be included within this

prohibition. Nothing in KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(11) shall apply to

any employer who is subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,

as amended, when that act imposes comparable or greater requirements than

contained in KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(11) and when the employer

files with the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards a

statement that the employer is covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act

of 1938, as amended.

(2) An employer who is paying a wage differential in violation of KRS 337.420 to

337.433 and 337.990(11) shall not, in order to comply with it, reduce the wage

rates of any employee.

(3) No person shall cause or attempt to cause an employer to discriminate against

any employee in violation of KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(11).

(4) No employer may discharge or discriminate against any employee by reason of

any action taken by such employee to invoke or assist in any manner the

enforcement of KRS 337.420 to 337.433 and 337.990(11).