(1) The secretary is authorized to install and implement by administrative regulation work-related incentive programs for state employees. Such programs may include, but need not be limited to, an employee suggestion system whereby employees in the classified service and employees falling under KRS Chapter 16 may be recognized and rewarded for submitting suggestions that result in the improvement of state service or in the realization of financial savings by the state. Such programs may provide that when an employee suggestion has been adopted and resulted in a financial savings to the state, the employee who submitted the suggestion may be compensated for his service through a cash bonus in an amount to the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the amount saved or two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow KRS Chapter 16 employees to collect any fees or rewards for performance of acts in the line of duty as prohibited in KRS § 16.110.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 18A.202

  • Classified service: includes all the employment subject to the terms of this chapter except for those positions expressly cited in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
  • Employee: means a person regularly appointed to a position in the state service for which he or she is compensated on a full-time, part-time, or interim basis. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet as provided for in KRS
    18A. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 7, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 43, effective July 15, 1998. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 494, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 23, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 332, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1982.