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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Except as provided in KRS 337.285, in cities listed on the registry pursuant to subsection (3) of this section or urban-county governments, except those in which, by ordinance, the patrolmen are employed or paid by the day, the members of the police department shall not be required to work more than eight (8) hours per day, for five (5) days each week or ten (10) hours per day, for four (4) days each week, except in the event of an emergency. Each member of the police department shall be permitted to accrue an annual leave of fifteen (15) working days with full pay each year, as specifically established in the personnel policy applicable to members of the department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a member of the police department from voluntarily agreeing to work a different work schedule provided that the officer is paid overtime for any work performed in excess of forty (40) hours per week.
(2) The salary of the members of the police department shall not be reduced by reason of the enactment of this section.
(3) On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create a registry of cities that shall comply with the provisions of this section. The Department for Local Government shall include each of those cities on the registry that were classified as cities of the second or third class on August 1, 2014. The Department for Local Government shall make the information included on the registry available to the public by publishing it on its website.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 95.495.Hours of work and annual leave for members of police department in urban-county governments and cities on DLG’s registry of cities that belonged to the second and third classes on August 1, 2014 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-95-495/
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