{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-336.045","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 336.045","heading":"Administration and  supervision of state employment  offices \u0013","body":"Regional free public offices -- Wagner-Peyser  Act.\n(1) The  Education and  Labor Cabinet shall administer and  supervise state\nemployment  offices and perform any other duties within the Act of Congress\nentitled \"An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Employment\nService and for Cooperation with the State in the Promotion of Such System\nand for Other Purposes,\" approved June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113, U.S.C., Title\n29, sec. 49(c)), as amended, and known as the Wagner-Peyser Act. All duties\nand powers relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of free\npublic employment offices are vested in the Education and Labor Cabinet,\nexcept that on or before April 15, 2021, there shall be twelve (12) regional\nfull-time free public employment offices open, fully operational, and staffed by\nproperly trained unemployment  insurance specialists in each of the regions\nwhere  the secretary has determined there is an average unemployment rate\nabove five percent (5%) for the preceding six (6) month period ending either on\nJune  30 or December  31. The Education and Labor Cabinet may, at its\ndiscretion, open and operate additional free public employment satellite offices\non a full or partial schedule.\n(2) The  provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended, are accepted by this\nstate in conformity with Section 4 of that Act, and this state will observe and\ncomply with the requirements of that Act. The Education and Labor Cabinet is\ndesignated and constituted the agency of this state for the purposes of the\nWagner-Peyser Act.","path":["KRS Chapter 336"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52422","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:25Z","sha256":"93307b4a4c261f3055122ec26fbd08afc4bb04b374becbdd9ede7cae9d1a53a8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-336.040","next":"us-ky/krs-336.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}