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Commissioners approve closure-pay interpretation: public-safety staff get pay for county office closure hours
Summary
Newton County staff and legal presented an interpretation of the county’s closure-pay policy; commissioners voted 5-0 to proceed with closure-pay payments for the hours county administrative offices are closed (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) rather than entire 24-hour shifts for public-safety employees who worked during closures.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt staff’s recommended interpretation of the county’s closure-pay policy for emergency closures, limiting closure pay to the hours county administrative offices are closed (8 a.m.–5 p.m.).
County attorneys and the interim county manager told the board an older closure-pay policy contained inconsistent language. One section suggested the county might pay public-safety staff for their full scheduled shift…
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