The health care power of attorney allows someone to name a person (or persons, including successors) to make medical decisions for the appointing person if they cannot make decisions on their own because of mental incapacity like unconsciousness or inability to...
A common mantra during estate planning is to avoid probate. Yet many people do not understand the probate process or why it’s smart to avoid it through proper planning. The probate process Probate is the legal process of administering an individual’s estate after he...
The Community Property Trust Act took effect in Kentucky on July 15, 2020. This new law provides married couples with the option of having some or all of their assets classified as “community property” and held in a community-property trust. For the right couple and...
Employment contracts, as well as severance and separation agreements, frequently contain noncompete agreements. These agreements are designed to protect the business interests of the employer and the investment they make in employees. As a “restraint on trade,”...
In most Kentucky jobs, employers can let employees go for any reason – economic downturn, misbehavior, shoddy work, lateness or for no reason at all. This is normally legal and within the employer’s discretion under the at-will employment doctrine. In essence, the...
On Jan. 15, new U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rules became effective that update what an employer must include when it calculates an employee’s regular rate of pay as the basis for determining the proper overtime rate. We recently posted a blog explaining the new...
Almost all Kentucky employers are governed by state and federal laws that protect employees and job applicants from illegal discrimination – and harassment – based on protected characteristics that include race, color and national origin. The media has widely reported...
