(1) The commission shall endeavor to promote and secure mutual understanding and respect among all economic, social, religious and ethnic groups in the county and shall act as conciliator in controversies involving intergroup and interracial relations.
(2) The commission shall cooperate with federal, state and other local agencies in efforts to develop harmonious intergroup and interracial relations and shall endeavor to enlist the support of civic, religious, laborer and commercial groups and leaders dedicated to the improvement of human relations and the elimination of discriminatory practices.
(3) The commission shall receive complaints, conduct investigations, hold hearings and have such studies made as will enable the commission to carry out the purposes of this article and the Kentucky Civil Rights Act [K.R.S. 344.010 et seq.].
(4) The commission shall receive complaints and conduct investigations concerning allegations that an employee has been paid less than the minimum wage established under Chapter 13A of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Where the Commission determines that a violation has occurred, the Commission may, with the written consent of the aggrieved employee, bring a civil action on behalf of such employee to recover unpaid wages.
(5) The commission shall receive complaints, conduct investigations, conciliate, hold hearings, and issue orders concerning allegations of violations of Sections 14-107 to 14-112 relating to the use of sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts or conversion therapy with a minor, as those terms are defined by Section 14-108.