BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Current and retired state employees are opposing proposed changes in the state’s pay raise policies, arguing politics and favoritism will pervade the decision-making.
State workers past and present also said Louisiana fiscal problems — not an effort to pay good employees more than average performers — is behind the effort.
The comments are coming in by e-mail and regular mail as the state Civil Service Commission is considering a proposal that would eliminate 4 percent annual pay raises employees get when they meet expectations or better on their performance reviews.
The pay plan would be replaced with one that sets different pay-raise ceilings for various job performance categories, but gives agencies total discretion on whether to grant pay raises and how much.
 
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