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Employers should check back often for additional changes.

Kentucky cities must adopt a new ordinance each year that sets the city’s real property tax rate.

Terri Johnson on October 13, 2020

People are ready to get outside and stay safe. Could your city be their destination?

Cities should review their Equal Opportunity Employment policy to ensure it is current and accurate.

Since 2010, Kentucky cities have grown more than three times as fast as areas outside of cities.

KLC provides a sample policy and resources to help get started.

As with everything else right now, changes to requirements tend to happen very quickly and without much notice.

Terri Johnson on October 13, 2020

Video conferencing and virtual meetings have become a fact of life for all types of businesses including city government.

Budgets must be balanced by June 30, 2020, so cities will soon be forced to reduce services and cut expenditures if Congress does not act.

The court ruling complicates application of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act.

The ADA requires that any mandatory medical test of employees be "job related and consistent with business necessity."

The new version contains minor revisions and instructions. Employers must complete a Form I-9 for any employee hired after November 6, 1986.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents many challenges for cities. Many decisions need to be made in light of the city’s needs and revenue in the near future.

Nearly 113,000 Kentuckians filed for unemployment in one week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt the national, state, and local economies.

Layoffs are always a difficult decision for a city to have to make but can become necessary.

KY cities could lose as much as $1 billion in tax revenues in Fiscal Year 2021, based on worst-case scenarios presented by the U.S. Treasury.