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Kentucky among 18 states that block cities from enacting paid leave standards

Posted 7/14/25

Across most of the South and Midwest, state laws bar local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave, effectively stripping cities of the power to enact their own labor protections. Nearly 73 million workers live in the 18 states, including Kentucky, that now have such preemptive laws, according to a new report from […]

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