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ing authorities and* fh% State Budget^
Director, the Director
. the director of
preparjjand recommend to the com
mission a compensation plan for all
employees in ¿the classified service.
Such compensation
in-'
elude; for each class or position, a
minimum and maximum rate, and
such intermediate rates as is con
sidered necessary or equitable. In es
tablishing such rates, consideration
M B be given the i w e W o n g B E a
¿of pay for the ^ser^M |perforr^ M
and for comparable services in pub
lic and private employment, living
c o s B ^ S S ^ ^ ^ l or other ^ n e t j | ^
received ÊÿA- employees, and the
'•sB B financial conffiitionramd poli
cies.”
The Civil Service Commission by its
director did a¿very fine job in pro
mulgating the compensation plan for
the biennium beginning July 1, 1949,
and recommended its adoption by the
Gqyèrnor, and followed through by
presenting facts and figures to the leg
islative committees.
The Association through its employ
ed personnel and legislative commit-
tee put forth every effort to secure
the appropriation necessary to make
the plan efffcffiffiBI and generally
speaking, it was I successful. It is my
belief that 'the salaries and wages for
State employees are close to “parity
pay” , the*- goal that we I have been
Striving forK armighout th e B e ra ^ I
wish to say to y o a lS aU smg g B a that
I do not believe that this would ever
have been' accomplished had -'it nb|
been for the
Employees
Assoflation.
Recommendation :
It is my recommendation that a sal
ary and Æ B H mmim BBe a p p q lS H
to work with our employed staff for
the purpose of following the trend of
salariés and : waggjbeing ?fBjfcin otKe|
government agencies -and private in
dustry
informWon ¿will
be available to the -Board of Directors
Retirement
adopted at the 1948 General Council,
the 1
j tteé B W B W
Esttaff of. employees presented amend-
ments to the 1949 Legislature to im
prove and libe^ ^ B B our retirement
law. The principal amendments were:
credit for all prior, serwicf^increase in
prior service credits from $2.50 to
$4.00 per month, providing for S t a £ |
matclyingup to $4,200 annually.
Wr
We were successful in obtaining an
increase in the matching byWnb. State
up to a
$3'(3OO of the em-
This, how-
ever, over the. normal period of Sj&bfr-
tization means that a retired State em-
^ ¡g e e may receix^ as m u c h a s $125
moritg* retirement paolljjyhereeas
the ceiling under the old lawa^^aC&l.OO
per month. While Ifunl might seem to
be
yet we must realize
that in the majority of cases it actu
ally means an increase fra 25 %.
. There is some school of thought that
more benefits should accrue to I the
su^^^n'gi»st^^^^^ ^^^vent of death
of the employee while, still employed
and prior to retirement ^fee.' As you
know, the present law provides mere
ly for a refund to the surviving spous^^
or other beneficiary in the amount pai-^^
in ’ bj^the efnployee, plus interest, less
^ m in is tc ^ ^ e costsA The
group particularly, would like to have
the law amended to provide for a
monthly pension to a surviving widow
disabled widower, in^casgiof death
prior to ret j ^ ment.. t
There will no doubt be a resolution
presented by Chapter No. 20, of which
I am a member, on this subject:^
Recommendation
It is my recommendatioi^that the
B |h H jio n rw ^ esentedBbEagi ven - very
careful and thorough stUoylasB ^ ^ my
understanding that there.are many re-
S ^ ^ n ^ » la ;® that are m ffiM io re . lib-
eral in case of death to an employee
before retirement age.
It is my further recommendation^
that we renew our effdM^^t the c o m |^
ing session of the Legislature to se
cure; an increase in prior service cred
its for employees who were in the ser-
Ivice of the tSlate prior to Ju ly 1, 1946.
I am inclined to believe, that there is
more justification - for an increase in
prior service credits for the twenty-
year perior rather than for I all prihf