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Today's Poll!Missouri lawmakers: Salaries study needs corresponding plan
Sunday, November 18, 2012
For some Missouri state workers still frustrated by years of no pay raises and, on average, being the lowest-paid state government workers in the nation, a legislative committee formed to study a long-term salary plan is a waste of time.
However, state Sen. Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City and the Joint Committee’s vice chairman, said: “It is not really a panel meeting to say, ‘Can we afford, or do we give, state employees a pay raise next year?’
“It’s really about a 10-, 15- or, maybe, a 20-year plan that we can try to map out and follow, so that folks who come to work for the state can understand what their career path can be, and what their compensation can be.”
He acknowledged state government currently has a written pay plan, with a pay grid and a number of steps, but called its complexity "ridiculous" and "not good for state employees."
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Comments
herekitty 6 months ago
The law makers need to CUT thier pay since they're OVERPAID, and see that the workers get a MUCH deserver pay increase!
JCsleeper 6 months ago
Now that salaries have been studied for a couple of years, it is time to plan for a few more years. Want mustard and relish with those hot-dogs this year?
JCLifer 6 months ago
I am sure Kehoe's words will give comfort to state workers that the committee might be able to help their pay in another 15 to 20 years.
tonto_goldberg 6 months ago
Kehoe's comment is unrelated to the problem. The pay plan is not that complicated if you take a few minutes and look at it. The problem is there has been no funding.
RobHunterJohnson 6 months ago
The answer is simple? We have to pay for what we get, we have to vote for what we want, if we get rid of these super majority of Republicans, and the Han c ock Amendment! Term Limits, and the Han c ock admendment was nothing but a song and dance that was oh so good 20 years ago! Rob
gofish 6 months ago
The legislators need to stop seeing the problem with tunnel vision. There's no reason they cannot boost salarys across the board while studying the "big picture" and making "big plans" for the long term. To use Rep Jay Barne's words, last years $15 million dollar pay increase is a "drop in the ocean" when compared to the $800 million bond issue the legislature wants to spend on their pet projects. I'm disappointed that Barnes, Bernskoetter, and Kehoe aren't being more expedient in helping the people in their own back yard. I'd like to see the state's greatest human asset, their employees that serve the public, made the first priority instead of the person's/entities that donate the most money to campaigns.
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