Kansas Statutes 44-1112. Definitions
As used in this act:
(a) “Age” means an age of 40 or more years.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 44-1112
- Age: means an age of 40 or more years. See Kansas Statutes 44-1112
- 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.
- Commission: means the Kansas human rights commission created pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 44-1112
- 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.
- detention: includes the duties of employees assigned to guard individuals incarcerated in any penal institution. See Kansas Statutes 44-1112
- 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 individual, partnership, association, organization, corporation, legal representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver. See Kansas Statutes 44-1112
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Undertaking: means a promise or security in any form where required by law. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(b) “Commission” means the Kansas human rights commission created pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-1003, and amendments thereto.
(c) “Employee” does not include any individual employed by the individual’s parents, spouse or child.
(d) “Employer” means any person in this state who employs four or more persons and any person acting directly or indirectly for such a person, and includes the state and all political subdivisions of the state.
(e) “Employment agency” includes any person or governmental agency undertaking with or without compensation to procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or place employees.
(f) “Firefighter” means an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily to perform work directly connected with the control and extinguishment of fires or the maintenance and use of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.
(g) “Labor organization” includes any organization which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or of other mutual aid or protection in relation to employment.
(h) “Law enforcement officer” means an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, apprehension or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of Kansas or of offenses against any ordinance or resolution which imposes criminal sanctions and is adopted by a city, county or other political subdivision of Kansas, including an employee engaged in this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position. For the purposes of this subsection, “detention” includes the duties of employees assigned to guard individuals incarcerated in any penal institution.
(i) “Person” means individual, partnership, association, organization, corporation, legal representative, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy or receiver.