Abney Law Office, PLLC

10/27/2025

Please join us in welcoming Peyton Rodgers to Abney Law in her new role as an Attorney!

Peyton is a 2025 graduate of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and has spent nearly two years clerking with our team. During that time, she’s already shown the grit, heart, and sharp legal mind it takes to stand up for workers across the Commonwealth.

Now, as a licensed attorney, Peyton is ready to fight even harder for fairness, accountability, and justice in Kentucky workplaces. We couldn’t be more proud to have her continue the mission alongside us.

Biography I am an Associate Attorney at Abney Law Office, PLLC. I handle a broad range of employment law and employment litigation matters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. I am a native of southern Indiana, and a graduate of the University of Louisville, and the Universi...

09/01/2025

This Labor Day, we recognize the people who keep our communities running—often without recognition or fair treatment.

At Abney Law, we spend most of our time representing workers who’ve faced unlawful treatment on the job: people who’ve been underpaid, retaliated against, discriminated against, or simply not given the respect the law requires.

Today is a good reminder that labor rights weren’t handed down—they were fought for. And many of those fights are still going.

Whether you’re spending the day working, resting, or organizing, we hope you take a moment to reflect on what’s been won—and what still needs to change.

Solidarity and respect.

— Abney Law PLLC

08/22/2025

https://abneylegal.com/what-you-should-know-before-signing-a-severance-agreement/

Before signing a severance agreement, learn what rights you may waive and how to protect yourself with legal advice in Kentucky.

11/01/2024

Abney Law Office is hiring a Law Clerk.

We are seeking a part-time Law Clerk. Abney Law Office is a small firm based in Louisville, Kentucky with a practice focused on employment law and civil rights. We only represent individuals - never employers or corporations.

Primary duties will initially include researching legal topics related to employment law and civil rights, drafting initial demand letters, drafting complaints, and drafting and responding to written discovery requests. We firmly believe that you learn by doing, so the scope of these duties will expand over time. Remote work is an option.

The position starts immediately with the potential to expand into a full-time summer clerkship at the end of the spring semester.

Please send a resume and cover letter to [email protected]

10/31/2024

The Kentucky Constitution and KRS 118.035 give you the right to be absent from work to vote.

Soon the polls will open for a number of local, statewide, and federal elections. While polling stations will run from 6 AM to 6 PM, there are still a number of Kentucky workers whose schedules may keep them from getting a chance to cast their ballots. Luckily, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has a num...

09/05/2024

https://abneylegal.com/can-you-be-fired-without-cause-in-kentucky/

Kentucky is considered an "at-will employment" state, meaning that in Kentucky, you can be fired without cause.

08/26/2024

Abney Law Office, PLLC is pleased to announce that P. Stewart Abney was recognized as The Best Lawyers® 2025 Employment Law – Individuals “Lawyer of the Year” in Louisville, Kentucky.

Abney Law Office Celebrates Best Lawyers® Recognition of P. Stewart Abney in Employment Law - Individuals in Louisville KY.

05/13/2024

https://abneylegal.com/what-qualifies-as-wrongful-termination-in-kentucky/

Despite Kentucky being an at-will employment state, you can still be wrongfully terminated and have the right to legal counsel.

04/24/2024

One of the most frustrating things I have to do on a regular basis is tell a client “Yes, your non-compete is enforceable and no you can’t work there.” Employers routinely abuse non-competition agreements and force hardworking people to sit out the workforce, in some cases, for years.

We’re about to see a boatload of lawsuits filed in an attempt to keep this rule from ever becoming effective, but let’s hope they fail. Non-competes should have been banned a long time ago.

Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamen

03/04/2024

Since 1974, Kentucky law has provided workers with a few commonsense protections that federal law does not provide -- like mandatory meal breaks and 10-minute break periods. Kentucky House Bill 500 aims to take those protections away from workers.

Under current law, businesses must provide a lunch break every three to five hours, but that right would be eliminated under HB 500. Instead, HB 500 says only that a worker required to keep working without a lunch break can’t be denied pay if they juggle eating something while on the job. However, if the employer does provide a lunch break and they discover a worker eating at another time while on the clock, they will not be required to pay them for that time — even a worker who needs a snack for medical reasons.

If you think employers should be required to provide their employees at the very least an unpaid lunch break, call your representative today and tell them to vote no on HB 500.

HB 500 is an assault on longstanding basic rights and dignities on the job that will harm practically all Kentucky workers.