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Board assigns county unemployment-claim handling to HR contact
Bourbon County Board of Commissioners · January 13, 2026
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Summary
After debate about elected-official authority and HR roles, Bourbon County commissioners voted to allow the county HR/executive assistant (referred to in the meeting as Dr. Cohen) to handle Kansas Department of Labor unemployment claims for county employees.
The Bourbon County Board of Commissioners discussed which office should handle unemployment claims submitted to the Kansas Department of Labor at their Jan. 12 meeting. Several elected officials said their statutory authority to hire and fire requires them to manage…
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