View Current Openings → — open positions and the employment application.
Benefit Programs
Employee Assistance Program
Provides professional, confidential counseling to assist employees with personal or work-related problems.
Phone: 1-866-569-0325
Retirement CERS
Eligible employees contribute a percentage of their salary, and the City matches the states defined benefit. The plan is designed to reward service with a retirement income based on length of service, salary and age.
Kentucky Public Pensions Authority → (outside website, opens in a new tab)
KY Deferred Compensation Plan
Voluntary pre-tax savings in either a 401, 457 or post tax savings Roth IRA through Deferred Compensation Plan for public employees.
Kentucky Deferred Compensation → (outside website, opens in a new tab)
Life and AD&D Insurance
All full-time employees receive a life insurance policy provided by TransAmerica paid by the City of Paris benefits are paid at annual salary x (2).
Optional Benefits
Provided by American Fidelity
- Accidental Insurance
- Cancer Insurance
- Disability Insurance (supplemental income)
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Group Term Life Insurance
- Long-Term Care Insurance
American Fidelity → (outside website, opens in a new tab)
COBRA
Support for participants provided by BMS LLC.
Time and Attendance
Kronos: Workforce Ready Online
For City of Paris employees.
Employee Login — Kronos Workforce Ready →
Opens an outside website in a new tab.
Paid Time Off
Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual rate increases with tenure as follows:
| Job Category | Year of Service | Vacation Accrual Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Firefighter, EMS | 0 - 1 year | 9 hours per month |
| Firefighter, EMS | 1 - 5 Years | 15 hours per month |
| Firefighter, EMS | 5 + Years | 21 hours per month |
| Police / Dispatchers | 0 + Years | 17.6 hours per month |
| Police and Fire Chief / Asst Chief / Captain | 1 + Years | 10 hours per month |
| All other eligible Employees | 0 - 1 Year | 4 hours per month |
| All other eligible Employees | 1 - 5 Years | 8 hours per month |
| All other eligible Employees | 5 + years | 10 hours per month |
Sick Leave
All full-time employees shall earn and accumulate sick leave with pay at the rate of eight (8) hours per month. Fire Department employees assigned to 24-hour shifts shall earn (12) hours per month.
Holidays and Personal Days
The following days are declared paid holidays at the regular straight-time rate of pay for employees occupying full-time established positions. The City will post a holiday schedule annually outlining the specific days the below will be observed and will make adjustments for weekends as needed.
- New Year's Day
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veterans’ Day
- Thanksgiving Day and day after
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Years Eve
- Employee Birthday (by request)
For questions regarding any benefits offered by the City of Paris, including compensation, please contact the Human Resources Director at 859-987-2110 x3109 or humanresources@paris.ky.gov.