This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis, P.C. discusses a decision issued on October 20, 2016 by the Kentucky Supreme Court holding that local governments in Kentucky do not have authority to establish their own minimum wage rates. The court's decision in Kentucky Restaurant Ass'n etal. v. Louisville/Jefferson Cty. Metro Gov't struck down Louisville's minimum wage ordinance that required employers to pay employees a higherminimum wage than Louisiana state law requires. The decision also invalidated a minimum wage ordinance passed by the county council in Lexington.