10
monthly employees are. compensated
for all the business days there are m
a month instead of on the basis of the
employees work schedule: under the
compensation plan.
These matters are of major import
ance and jusitfy serious consideration
and study by you prior to making your
decision regarding the proposed amend
ments concerned.
We have faith in your sincere de
sire to best serve the interest of the
state and employees alike in administer
ing the Civil Service Act. It is the
basic purpose of this Association to as
sist in this worthy endeavor, as we
feel a deep responsibility for the exist
ence of the . act as law.
Our présentation of these objections
to the proposed amendments is offered
in the spirit of helpfulness and on the
basis of a sincere desire that the act
as administered will promote a spirit
of good will among all public servants,
all employees of the state. It is our
opinion that the favorable reception in
principle of our suggestions in the mat
ters here involved will promote such
good will among nearly all, if not all,
of the state’s public servants and will
thus improve the. service rendered by
them to the people.
Very truly yours,
OEGO N STA TE EMPLOYEÉS
ASSOCIATION
Forrest V. Stewart, Executive Sec’y.
How Much Should
Employees Be Told?
It has come to the attention of the
staff that about the last ones to learn
about state matters that concern them
are the employees.
Illustration No. 1— Our July pay
checks, in many cases, were smaller
than usual due to an increased deduc
tion for retirement system contribu
tions. This came about because, as of
July 1, the members’ contributions are
to be on the gross amount earned
each pay period until the gross amount
earned amounts to $ 2 4 0 0 , after which
time there will be no further deduc
tions during the fiscal year (ending
June 3 0 ) , except for those who con
tribute on excess of $ 2 0 0 . per month.
This is a legislative change, and al
though we tried to explain it to our
members in the May-June issue under
Retirement News and Sidelights, many
did not read it and, of course, persons
not ÔSEA members had less chance to
know about it. In the Highway De
partment Salem office, no prior word
of this change was officially given out
and was not posted on the bulletin
board. Probably many other employees
were likewise kept in the dark. Payroll
departments were advised.' Tinkering
with pay checks without proper and
previous notice can be a touchy matter
with employees and is not conducive
to the building up of harmonious rela-
tionships'
Illustration No. 2— Notices for the
Civil Service Commission to depart
ment heads regarding recent proposed
changes in rules stated that employees
were invited to attend the hearing and
to offer suggestions. Did all employees
hear about this in time to do anything
about it? s
The O.S.E.A. has been generally no
tified concerning these matters and
has officially applied itself to consist
ently appear in the interests of all state
employees at all Jiearings and other
meetings where the welfare of em
ployees is concerned. It is not prac
ticable for the Association to advise
each member of all of these matters',
as to do so would dissipate our finances
and would divert the time available to
our officials from the pressing prob
lems where their presence is of im
portance to you.
We recommend, however, that the
employees of all state departments and
institutions let their supervisors and
administrators know that they have a
right to be notified of all matters in
which their interests are concerned, and
would appreciate cooperation from
them.