Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Amendment") is made this 15th day of August,
1998, between RES-CARE, INC., a Kentucky corporation (the "Company"), and RALPH G. GRONEFELD,
JR. (the "Employee").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee executed that certain Employment Agreement dated as of January
1, 1998 (the "Employment Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company recognizes that the Employee's contribution to the growth
and success of the Company has been substantial and wishes to modify the Employment Agreement to increase
the Employee's base salary and to accelerate the granting of certain options to purchase shares of Company
common stock.
AGREEMENT:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the parties
agree as follows:
1. Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted therefor:
(a) BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay to the Employee during the period January 1, 1998 through August
14, 1998 of the first year of the Term a fixed, annual salary (the "Initial Base Salary") of $127,500. Commencing
on August 15, 1998, the Company shall pay to the Employee a fixed, annual salary (the "Revised Base Salary")
of $155,000. The Initial Base Salary and the Revised Base Salary shall sometimes be collectively referred to as
the "Base Salary". The Base Salary shall be due and payable in substantially equal bi-weekly installments or in
such other installments as may be necessary to comport with the Company's normal pay periods for all
employees.
Provided that this Employment Agreement or Employee's employment hereunder shall not have been terminated
for any reason, commencing on January 1, 1999, the Revised Base Salary shall be increased, effective as of the
first day of each year of the Term, in proportion to the increase in the Consumer Price Index "All- Items"
category, as published by the Bureau of L