Kansas § 44-132 Employee status of motor carrier not altered due to deployment, implementation or use of motor carrier safety improvements

Kansas Statutes

§ 44-132 — Employee status of motor carrier not altered due to deployment, implementation or use of motor carrier safety improvements

Kansas § 44-132

Ch. 44LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

Art. 1PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-132 (2026).

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(a)The deployment, implementation or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or such motor carrier's related entity, including by contract, shall not, in whole or in part, affect, impact or change the worker status of a driver.

(b)For purposes of this section:

(1)"Motor carrier safety improvement" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:

(A)Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;

(B)motor vehicle safety;

(C)the safety of the operator of a motor vehicle; or

(D)the safety of a third-party public roadway user.

(2)"Worker status" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver wh

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(a) The deployment, implementation or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or such motor carrier's related entity, including by contract, shall not, in whole or in part, affect, impact or change the worker status of a driver.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Motor carrier safety improvement" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:
(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;
(B) motor vehicle safety;
(C) the safety of the operator of a motor vehicle; or
(D) the safety of a third-party public roadway user.
(2) "Worker status" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant or independent contractor for a motor carrier.
(c) This section shall be deemed to be supplemental to existing laws relating to conditions of employment and related matters.