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State workers unlikely to get pay raise this year

Published on March 2, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Gary Fineout

The Florida Senate budget chairman says state workers are unlikely to get an across-the-board pay raise this year. Sen. Tom Lee said Wednesday there isn’t enough money this year to offer pay raises to all state employees, although Lee said there’s a chance that select state workers may get a raise. Last year, legislators proposed targeted pay raises to firefighters and some highway patrol troopers. Legislators are wrapping up work on a new state budget. They need to finish negotiations by early…

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Gov. Rick Scott gives state workers Christmas Eve off

Published on December 23, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

State workers are getting Christmas Eve off as a paid holiday. For the fifth year in a row, Gov. Rick Scott has directed state offices to be closed an extra day. This is the third time Scott has given state workers Christmas Eve off. Last year, employees had the day after Christmas off. In 2011 state employees received Dec. 23 off since Christmas Eve fell on a weekend. In a memo sent earlier this month, Scott said he was closing…

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State workers spared pay cut

Published on April 27, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

From Sunshine News: Although for a fifth straight year lawmakers have declined to provide state worker pay-raises, union officials Monday said they were satisfied with lawmakers’ decision to back away from a proposed pay cut. The House accepted a Senate proposal that will require some 27,000 mid-level managers, lawmakers and other workers pay a modest amount for health coverage for the first time. Public employees across the state who are part of the state’s pension plan would also have to…

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Late-night deal reached on a nearly $70 billion spending plan

Published on April 27, 2010 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

From the Florida Current: House and Senate budget negotiators racing against the clock reached a deal late Monday night on a nearly $70 billion spending plan. The last-minute agreement means that state lawmakers will be able to end the 2010 session on time. The final deal came amid a flurry of last-minute changes, including a decision to spare state libraries from budget cuts, an agreement to offer help to financially ailing Jackson Memorial Hospital and a boost of $50 million…

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