The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195?, January 01, 1949, Page 13, Image 13

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sen ted as Committee Resolution No. 1
whicn^read as follow s:
Committee substitution, to-w it; T h a ||
the proposed pay plan to be subm itted
for approval be increased by such
am oiK M over present base pay as ne­
cessary to
w ith indusV;
try; the raise on this basis would be
$39.00 over the presenV^average base
pay of $213.00.” (Adopted by G eneral
Council). I
M i^'W hite stated th at the Council
wished to hear from delegates re p re­
sen tin g th e chapters which had B B
m itted -resolutions, w hether or not the
proposed actions m et I w ith th eir a p ­
proval.
SW 1, Rose City C hapter No. 5; SW 2,
K lam ath Falls C hapter No. 12; SW 4,
Bend C hapter , N o .-3; SW 10, Eugene
C hapter No. 6; all dealing w ith ex­
change time.
Mr. Q uery stated this was a problem
which has been before the Council
every m eeting and, th a t every practice
u n der t h e g s ^ ^ v a s prevalent in Or'e-
M S among the different D epartm ents.
The H ighway gives exchange tim e to
some and double tim e to others. -G w |
departm ents pay straight tim e; others
ignorg it a l t o ^ e t ^ ^ T h e 48 hour law
is involved too. There is u tter disre­
gard in some departm ents of the 48
hour law!
('Com m ittee substitution, to-w it:
“T hat all exchange tim e b e ^ M ^ B
pd p W i all employees who a re required
by em ergency or ‘other circum stances
to
.. a t'1 o t h e r ^ t^ n
w ork hours be p | « | overtim e K r « h
ex tra time at rates iai?coiff^ ^ B e w ith
State Laws, and th at the present 48-
hour Law be revised to provide tim e
and one-half for overtim e for all time
w orked in excess of 8 hours per* Hay or
40 “ h o u r B p e r week.” (Adopted B
Gene ral Council).
SW 3, Rose City C hapter B B re ­
g a rd in g per diem allowance W / e S H
pay ^ . r a ^ ^ g d SW 9, Eugene C hapter
No. 6,? concerning., only p er H e m .
Due toSBMe ‘ f a c ^ t h a t there s|Si a
question of policy in t h e ^ e ^ hition
subm itted by Rose City C hapter No.
5, the committee figur&dx it should be
presented before the Council, although
it was a highw ay problem.
Committee B B tif u tio n . to-w it:
“That rates for like service be es­
tablished at the same basic ratejgarid
th a t the O.S.E.A. place a formal, re ­
quest w ith th ^ n e a W m f the State De-
partm ents and I Board of Control to
allowance
from $3 per day to a minipaum of $5
per day.” (Council instructed Board
of Direem ^W p w orkB ffi»ugh thè Ex<
ecutive Secretary w ith D epartm ent
B ncerw B jB Eh& aBpc to increase p e r;
m s m ^ ^ S ^ w a n B w h e B i t .B i n the in-
terest of the employees).
SW 8, W illam ette C hapter No. 21,
regardin^W study and comparison of
state salaries With adjoining states, etc.
M r' Query stated no exhaustive su r­
vey or individual rates had been con-
ducted. It has been impossible to do .
i t ‘With present set up. However^~.thB
commi fl% E m'Ught the resolution had
m erit and not w ishing to kill it handed
it to the Council w ithout recom m end-
ation.
SW 8, C onm w B salarytstudv of ad­
joining states, F ederal service and
commercial organizations, com pare to
^s ta ^ B alaW ^ain Oregon and issue data-
B a l l m eniq l|||jf (R eferred to B oard of
Directors by vote of C o u n cil).
SW 14, Public W elfare C hapter .No,
31, and SW, 15, Item 4, from Salem
C h a ^ ^ B J B l , regarding em ergency
fund.
11 C om m itte ^ ^ l^ sjtitute, to-w it :
“To present to tnrjpregflslature a-pro-
posal th at the State Em ergency Fund
carry an am ount for the adjusting of
wage schedules as necessary to m eet
increasing living costs and to m eet
p arity wage schedules during the next
biennium .” <(AdOpted. "!: by G eneral
C ouncil).
SW 16, La G rande C hapter No. 4,
(not reecived in tim e to be placed on
the m im eographed-'agenda) regarding
hourly rate employees. The committee
recom m ended it do not - pass an<^*i|
was so moved.
It^ ^ P 'Seated the Com mittee tfook no
action on this resolution as it would
be elim inated by resolution placing^àìl
regularyem pl^ ^ ^ ^ m a m onthly basis.
It was m oved that-.
read be tabled. Standing vote gwasCtak-
en. In^fàvor of tabling the motion, 29.
Opposed 18. Motion carried. I
B M if|tirig£adjournedfat 1:30 P.M.