Post by pavel on May 5, 2016 6:15:35 GMT -6
Gov. John Bel Edwards wants to suspend state worker pay raises next year
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration wants to scrap pay raises for Louisiana’s state workers next year, saying the state can’t afford them.
Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne asked the Civil Service Commission on Wednesday to block annual “performance adjustments” for nearly 40,000 rank-and-file government workers, called classified employees, in the budget year that begins July 1.
“I don’t relish the opportunity to come before you with this particular request,” said Dardenne, the governor’s chief budget adviser. But he added: “Given the crisis we’re dealing with right now, this is an appropriate action that we’re asking you to take.”
The Edwards administration intends to similarly freeze pay raises for the tens of thousands of political appointees, known as unclassified workers, in the Cabinet agencies under its control, Dardenne told the commission.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15690827-123/governor-wants-to-suspend-state-worker-pay-raises-next-year
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration wants to scrap pay raises for Louisiana’s state workers next year, saying the state can’t afford them.
Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne asked the Civil Service Commission on Wednesday to block annual “performance adjustments” for nearly 40,000 rank-and-file government workers, called classified employees, in the budget year that begins July 1.
“I don’t relish the opportunity to come before you with this particular request,” said Dardenne, the governor’s chief budget adviser. But he added: “Given the crisis we’re dealing with right now, this is an appropriate action that we’re asking you to take.”
The Edwards administration intends to similarly freeze pay raises for the tens of thousands of political appointees, known as unclassified workers, in the Cabinet agencies under its control, Dardenne told the commission.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/15690827-123/governor-wants-to-suspend-state-worker-pay-raises-next-year