Post by Logan on Jan 2, 2017 23:08:30 GMT -6
Paid time off for childbirth proposed for Missouri state workers
JEFFERSON CITY -- State employees in Missouri are the lowest paid in the nation, and lawmakers have struggled for years to give them a raise.
With a tough budget year on the horizon, a salary boost in 2017 will once again be a tall order.
So House Speaker Todd Richardson, a Poplar Bluff Republican, is pushing a different idea: legislation granting state workers paid time off upon the birth or adoption of a child.
“We’re faced with a situation where Missouri needs to attract the best and the brightest workers,” Richardson said. “At a time when we struggle to find pay increases for state employees, finding ways to improve benefits makes a heck of a lot of sense.”
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article124062544.html
JEFFERSON CITY -- State employees in Missouri are the lowest paid in the nation, and lawmakers have struggled for years to give them a raise.
With a tough budget year on the horizon, a salary boost in 2017 will once again be a tall order.
So House Speaker Todd Richardson, a Poplar Bluff Republican, is pushing a different idea: legislation granting state workers paid time off upon the birth or adoption of a child.
“We’re faced with a situation where Missouri needs to attract the best and the brightest workers,” Richardson said. “At a time when we struggle to find pay increases for state employees, finding ways to improve benefits makes a heck of a lot of sense.”
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article124062544.html