Fairfax County Executive: No Pay Increases Expected in Fiscal Year 2014
With budget shortfalls on the horizon, Fairfax County employee pay could take a hit this year.
Fairfax County employees likely won't see pay increases in Fiscal Year 2014, according to County Executive Ed Long. The county faces dramatic budget shortfalls over the next two years and pay increases this year might not be financially feasible, Long told supervisors Tuesday during a divisive discussion of a new proposed employee pay structure. In Long’s proposed plan, which would kick in after FY 2014, county employees would get a cost of living increase (estimated to be about 2 percent) in odd-numbered years and be eligible for regular and performance-based pay bumps in even-numbered years. Public safety employees would still receive increases based on longevity annually, but public safety merit increases would be paid in even-numbered …
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VABUCKI
7:43 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Several years ago there was a consolidation of Staff into Gatehouse Rd. Staff efficiencies were to be realized. No new staff jobs were to be created. Well guess what, that never happened, many staff positions were 'created' all necessary of course. For example, do we really need that many PR people? How about those who received executive positions because they could not hack their current job? We… more ›