{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-345.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 345.070","heading":"Unfair labor practices and remedies therefor -- Hearing -- Final order --","body":"Appeal to Circuit Court.\nViolations of the provisions of KRS 345.050 shall be deemed to be unfair labor practices\nremedial by the board in the following manner.\n(1) Whenever it is charged by a public employer or a labor organization that any person\nhas engaged in or is engaging in any unfair labor practices, the board, or any hearing\nofficer designated by the board, shall conduct an administrative hearing in\naccordance with KRS Chapter 13B.\n(2) If upon the preponderance of the evidence presented the board is of the opinion that\nany person named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in an unfair labor\npractice, then it shall issue a final order requiring him to cease and desis t from the\nunfair labor practice, and to take any affirmative action including reinstatement of\nfirefighters with or without back pay, as will effectuate the policies of this chapter.\nThe final order may further require the person to make reports from time  to time\nshowing the extent to which he has complied with the order. If upon the\npreponderance of the evidence presented the board is not of the opinion that the\nperson named in the charge has engaged in or is engaging in the unfair labor\npractice, then th e board shall issue a final order dismissing the complaint. No final\norder shall issue based upon any unfair labor practice occurring more than six (6)\nmonths prior to the filing of the charge with the board, unless the person aggrieved\nthereby was prevent ed from filing the charge by reason of service in the Armed\nForces, in which event, the six (6) month period shall be computed from the day of\nhis discharge. No final order of the board shall require the reinstatement of any\nindividual as a firefighter who has been suspended or discharged, or the payment to\nhim of any back pay, if the individual was suspended or discharged for cause.\n(3) Until a final order has been appealed, the board at any time, upon reasonable notice\nand in the manner that it deems proper, may modify or set aside, in whole or in part,\nany final order made or issued by it.\n(4) The board or the charging party may petition for the enforcement of the final order\nand for appropriate temporary relief or restraining order in the Circuit Court f or the\ncounty in which the violation occurred.\n(5) Any person aggrieved by a final order of the board may obtain a review of the final\norder by filing a petition in the Circuit Court assigned jurisdiction under subsection\n(4) of this section in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B.","path":["KRS Chapter 345"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32684","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:34Z","sha256":"0340e750b2b214337f70df10c115500ea474124adbb2a1df643767301b6b75b0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-345.060","next":"us-ky/krs-345.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}