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No raises for teachers, other state employees
North Carolina's teachers and state employees can expect another year without a pay raise. Gov. Bev Perdue said that, while salaries will remain flat in the coming budget year, she aims to pay back the 1/2-percent pay cut that state workers and teachers received last year in the form of a two-day furlough.
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says he's stuck with bill for state worker 7 percent pay hike
Calling it an "exquisite pair of handcuffs" as he tries to plug a huge budget gap, Gov. Chris Christie today said he must follow a controversial deal former Gov. Jon Corzine gave unionized state workers last year that calls for a 7 percent pay raise in the upcoming fiscal year and bars him from ordering layoffs before January.
Bill would require state's public workers to live in N.J.
Some top lawmakers have this message for public workers: If you work in Jersey, you should live in Jersey.
Gibbons to kill four-day work week for state workers
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons will veto the bill putting the state on a four-day, 10-hour work week and extending the furlough system that mandates an unpaid day off for state workers each month -- the equivalent of a 4.6 percent pay cut. The furlough system drew complaints from the majority of state workers because nearly 2,000 Department of Corrections workers were exempted.
Legislature OKs expanded death benefits for public safety workers killed on duty
The Washington state Legislature has approved a measure that expands benefits for families of public safety workers killed while on duty.
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