According to the state comptroller, the five-day pay lag that is supposed to apply to all state employees when they are hired was never applied to approximately 2,500 workers, including approximately 800 PEF members.
That oversight is being corrected, and those individuals will find their paychecks a day short for the next five pay periods. That starts April 23 for the administration payroll and May 1 for the institution payroll. The lagged pay will be calculated based on the employees’ original hiring rates. All employees are reimbursed for their lagged pay when they leave state service.
After weeks of carefully examining and scrutinizing the PS&T contract proposals, PEF’s negotiating team will listen to a presentation on health benefits from the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) on Wednesday, April 9.
PEF’s team plans on discussing nursing issues during this month. Future topics include Workers Compensation, travel, and the costs of contracting out.