§ 44-601 Prescription of functions
§ 44-601b Same; children in industry; factory, workshop, mill and mine inspection
§ 44-603 Utilities and employments subject to supervision
§ 44-606 Continuity and efficiency in operation of industries
§ 44-607 Investigations and temporary findings
§ 44-608 Orders affecting hours, ways and conditions of employment; modification
§ 44-609 Rights and contracts of parties
§ 44-610 Notice of investigation or hearing; publication
§ 44-611 Powers in investigations
§ 44-612 Judicial review of secretary’s actions
§ 44-614 Labor unions; collective bargaining
§ 44-615 Unlawful acts against witnesses and litigants
§ 44-616 Business operations; limitation or cessation, hearings; changing conditions
§ 44-617 Violations of act; quitting employment; picketing; intimidation
§ 44-618 Penalties for violating K.S.A. 44-601 through 44-628
§ 44-619 Inducing violation of act or orders; penalty
§ 44-620 Emergency control and operation
§ 44-621 Controversies between employer and employee; authority of secretary
§ 44-622 Evidence taking; examiner, appointment, qualifications, authority
§ 44-623 Orders as to minimum or standard wage; accounts pending investigations
§ 44-624 Industrial conditions and relations; investigations, inquiries
§ 44-625 Effect of act on other rights and remedies
§ 44-626 Construction of K.S.A. 44-601 through 44-628
§ 44-628 Partial invalidity of act
§ 44-631 Factory, mill and mine inspection
§ 44-634 Annual reports; duties as to labor and industrial pursuits; enforcement of laws
§ 44-635 Interrogatories and testimony; penalty for failure to testify; information deemed confidential; penalty for disclosing
§ 44-636 Places of business; inspection; safety and protection of employees; orders; notice and hearing; penalty
§ 44-637 Definitions
§ 44-638 Statistics and information by state and municipal officers
§ 44-639 State policy as to wages, hours and insanitary conditions
§ 44-640 Conditions of employment detrimental to health and welfare unlawful
§ 44-643 Wages, hours and conditions for learners, apprentices and minors
§ 44-645 Same; investigation; orders; notice and hearing; employer to display order; petition for rehearing
§ 44-646 Same; inspectors and clerical personnel
§ 44-647 Same; review of orders
§ 44-648 Same; penalties
§ 44-650 Same; act supplemental
§ 44-661 Kansas apprenticeship council; establishment; composition; qualifications; terms; quorum; vacancies; organization; officers; meetings; expenses; clerical, secretarial and staff assistance
§ 44-662 Powers, duties and functions
§ 44-663 Employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements; exemptions required for certain employees; waiver requests; complaint and investigation process for violations to be administered by secretary of labor; enforcement actions by the attorney general; civil penaltie
§ 44-664 Certification by attorney general of final court order holding K.S.A. 44-663 unconstitutional; notice of such certification upon publication by secretary of state; repeal of K.S.A. 44-709b upon publication of such notice; severability of certain provis
§ 44-665 Severability clause for 2021 Special Session House Bill No. 2001, chapter 1 of the 2021 Special Session Laws of Kansas; certification by the attorney general to the secretary of state of final order holding certain provisions unconstitutional; repealin
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes > Chapter 44 > Article 6 - Regulation of Labor and Industry

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Children: means minor persons under the age of fourteen (14) years. See Kansas Statutes 44-637
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Factory: means any premises where steam, water or other mechanical power is used in aid of any manufacturing process. See Kansas Statutes 44-637
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Minor: means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years. See Kansas Statutes 44-637
  • Oath: includes an affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in similar cases "swear" includes affirm. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, company, agency, institution or association. See Kansas Statutes 44-637
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Public works: means any agency of state government and its political subdivisions and municipalities including schools, counties and cities. See Kansas Statutes 44-637
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Residence: means the place which is adopted by a person as the person's place of habitation and to which, whenever the person is absent, the person has the intention of returning. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Workshop: means any premises, room, or place, not being a factory as above defined, wherein any manual labor is being performed, and to which or over which premises, room or place the employer of the person or persons working therein has the right of access or control. See Kansas Statutes 44-637