Salary Supplemental Bills
Please contact your legislators and ask them to support a salary supplement of 3.25%
The Governor’s proposed state budget includes a salary supplement of 2% for each of the next two years. The state budget bills that have passed in the house have the same salary supplement.
The budget bills that have passed in the Senate have a salary supplement of approximately 3.25% for each of the next two years.
The salary supplement puts money on the table for bargaining during our upcoming round of contract negotiations. Health care coverage and salary increases will be negotiated. Salary supplement does not guarantee wage or benefits increases. Thanks.
Retirement Incentive
MMA has sponsored a “retirement incentive” bill. (Please review House File 2079 and Senate File 1841.)
This bill is expected to receive consideration by the legislature.
The MMA-sponsored retirement incentive provides agencies experiencing employee layoffs due to budget shortfalls or reorganization the ability to offer employees up to $17,000 as a retirement incentive.
DOER Abolishment
House File 1048 abolishes the Department of Employee Relations and transfers agency duties. MMA has sponsored “worker protection” language in this bill.
In addition to any other protection, for a period of two years, no employee in the classified service shall suffer job loss, have salary reduced, or have employment benefits reduced as a result of reorganization mandated or recommended under authority of Section 1. No action taken after July 1, 2009, shall be considered a result of reorganization for purposes of this section.
MMA has historically worked on worker protection bills.
DHS/DOC Bills
MMA has worked with MSRS and Pension Commission Staff so qualified members may be eligible to purchase service credit for qualified prior service in “Corrections Early Retirement Plan.”
Bills concerning this were moved to the Omnibus Pension Bill.
MMA staff and our lobbyist continue to work with Senate Majority Leader Pogemiller, Representative Mary Murphy, Pension Commission Chair, and Dave Bergstrom, MSRS Executive Director.
*MMA will post an update at the close of the legislative session.
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