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DEL.ICIO.USBad paycheck news for state employees
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Budget hearings at the state Capitol on Wednesday included some sobering news for 200,00 state employees. Community Health Commissioner Rhonda Medows said plans for the ‘08 budget include a 10 percent increase in health insurance premiums for state employees.
By her calculation, a 3 percent raise to a teacher earning $30,000 a year means an extra $700. A 10 percent premium increase would eat up $130 of that gain, turning a 3 percent increase into a 2 percent pay hike.
Under the governor’s budget proposal, the increase would begin Jan. 1, 2008. No changes for state retirees are anticipated.
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By dwj
January 18, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
As a business person in the private sector,my health insurance goes up EVERY year. A state employee has a job ——-NOT WELFARE.
By RJ
January 18, 2007 12:19 PM | Link to this
dwj, Hats off to you for having a business in the private sector. However, doing so does not give you the right to demean those people who work for the state. Performance of their functions enables state government to deliver the services you and I are promised and expect. State employees pay taxes just like you. Their work has value to the operation of the government just your business has value to the recipients of whatever it offers.
The retention and performance of your employees, if any, will be impacted your reward system. So it is with employees of state government. Ergo, net monetary gain is important when considering retention and performance issues. Its more cost effective to keep good performing employees.