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Lawmakers debate scope of proposed interim study on state employee pay
Summary
Representatives and agency officials told the State and Local Government Committee that an interim legislative study of state employee compensation should examine total rewards, prevailing wages on state projects and whether to use consultant support; no committee vote was recorded.
The State and Local Government Committee heard testimony on House Bill 1580, a bill to direct the interim legislative management to consider a study of state employee compensation levels, including comparisons with private-sector pay, the use of equity funding and bonuses to retain staff, and prevailing wage considerations for state projects.
Representative Steve Vetter told the committee the measure is intended to assemble existing agency data into a package for legislators. “Where do we rank comparison to private sector jobs?” Vetter asked, saying the study would…
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