Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVII. Labor and Human Rights § 339.210.Definition of “gainful occupation”

(1) “Gainful occupation” does not include employment in farm work or in domestic service in a private home, nor occasional employment by a householder in connection with the household and not in connection with the householder's business or occupation, such as grass cutting or carrying ashes or similar casual domestic tasks, nor the delivery of newspapers on regularly scheduled routes, nor to employment as an actor or performer in motion pictures or theatrical productions, or in radio or television productions, nor to employment of minors by their own parents or persons standing in the place of a parent in occupations other than manufacturing, mining, or those found by the commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards to be particularly hazardous;

(2) “Gainful occupation” does not include a minor who is at least twelve (12) years of age working as a referee, umpire, or official in a youth athletic program, subject to the following:

(3) “Gainful occupation” does not include participation in a work program established under KRS 339.335 by a minor who is twelve (12) or thirteen (13) years of age.