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Cabinet for Workforce Development
This information service for employers includes everything you need to know to start and run a business in the state of Kentucky, including information about taxes, labor market, training and education, workplace laws, employee benefits, and workers's compensation.
Kentucky Department for Employment Services
If you are looking for a job or looking for an employee, this website is a good place to start. The Department for Employment Services offers services for workers, employers and veterans plus information about the labor market such as Current Employment Statistics and unemployment benefits. See America's Job Bank for nationwide job listings. To check for state government positions see Kentucky Personnel Cabinet.
Kentucky Occupational Information
This website gives you statistics and information about the Kentucky labor force and employment outlook with projections to the year 2006. It includes career, industry and occupational information, labor force data, projections, wages and related information.
Labor Department
This site provides a wealth of information for businesses, including the Employment Law Guide and E-Laws,"an interactive system designed to help employers and employees understand and comply with numerous employment laws".
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The OSHA site includes statistics about workplace injury and illness and the full-text of OSHA regulations, directives, manuals, bulletins and other OSHA agency memos, letters and documents.

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Last Updated: Monday, 18-Aug-2003 14:27:23 EDT