Note By: Bennett Z. Tuleja

Workers’ compensation laws provide compensation for employees injured on the job. In Kentucky, agricultural workers are barred from receiving workers’ compensation benefits. In this note, Notes Editor Bennett Tuleja argues that this agricultural exemption should be amended or repealed to mitigate its harmful effects on agricultural workers.

VOLUME 14 - 2021-2022 ISSUE 1

14 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Res. L. 1 (2022).

Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Laws: Mulling Over the “Agricultural” Exemption

Note By: Bennett Z. Tuleja

Workers’ compensation laws provide compensation for employees injured on the job. In Kentucky, agricultural workers are barred from receiving workers’ compensation benefits. In this note, Notes Editor Bennett Tuleja argues that this agricultural exemption should be amended or repealed to mitigate its harmful effects on agricultural workers.