Austintown Township workers get $160 bonus for perfect attendance?
by Todd Franko | 340 entries
The Columbus Dispatch has two exhaustive stories that are must-reads if you're trying to separate fact from fiction in the Issue 2/SB5 debate.
In a two-story package online today, they point out some of the contracted perks of government workers around the state:
• Columbus firefighters are among many public employees who get a day off for their birthday. They also get Election Day off and a half-day for the primary election.
• Bexley teachers have a clause in their contract about room temperature. They can ask to switch to a different classroom if it gets uncomfortable.
• Road department workers in Austintown Township get a $160 bonus for perfect attendance.
• State employees didn’t get a raise last year but received an average $2,960 each in “longevity pay.” That benefit is earned after five years of service, calculated as a percentage of salary, maxing out at 20 years of service. In 2010, the longevity payout for 38,748 employees cost taxpayers $114 million, according to the Ohio Department of Administrative Services.
• School bus drivers aren’t well paid for the 4 to 5 hours a day they work, 180 days a year. But most districts offer them family health-care benefits. That can cost the district $16,000 a year and add $20 an hour to the cost for each employee paid by the district, contract negotiations expert Gary Johnson said.
Read the Dispatch's two stories here:
-- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/17/public-jobs-come-with-perks-not-found-in-private-world.html">Public jobs come with perks not found in private world
-- http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/17/public-private-compensation-in-same-ballpark.html">Public, private compensation in same ballpark
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