Minnesota lawmakers discussing payroll cuts
Officials in the Minnesota state legislature will convene on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of a 15 percent payroll cut across the board for all state employees, according to the Valley News Live.
The bill, brought forward by state representative Keith Downey, lays out how the state could slash payroll come 2015. The potential measures include: furloughs, layoffs, wage freezes and early retirement incentives.
The bill comes in the wake of new reports that show Minnesota actually increased its number of state employees between 2007 and 2010, while other states nationwide were cutting pubic payroll, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. As a result, there has been a push back against cutting payroll.
"Minnesota has 71 public employees for every 10,000 residents, which makes us the 10th-leanest in the country," Eliot Seide, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told the Star-Tribune. "Every time government cuts a public employee job, Main Street loses a customer."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota had 80,536 state employees as of the end of 2009, with total compensation approaching $399 million.
The bill, brought forward by state representative Keith Downey, lays out how the state could slash payroll come 2015. The potential measures include: furloughs, layoffs, wage freezes and early retirement incentives.
The bill comes in the wake of new reports that show Minnesota actually increased its number of state employees between 2007 and 2010, while other states nationwide were cutting pubic payroll, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. As a result, there has been a push back against cutting payroll.
"Minnesota has 71 public employees for every 10,000 residents, which makes us the 10th-leanest in the country," Eliot Seide, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told the Star-Tribune. "Every time government cuts a public employee job, Main Street loses a customer."
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota had 80,536 state employees as of the end of 2009, with total compensation approaching $399 million.
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