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Public-safety leaders warn rising benefits costs and low pay hamper recruitment and retention
Summary
Leaders across emergency services told the committee that recent pay increases have lagged benefit cost increases and regional pay scales, creating recruitment and retention pressures that could increase overtime and staffing shortfalls.
A public-safety leader told the First Response Services Committee the department has received cost-of-living raises of about 2.5% over the past two years while insurance costs have risen and effectively reduced take-home pay. "The last 2 years, we got a 2 and a half percent increase...our insurance went up 1.6 last year. So the ones that pay an insurance, they only got point 9% of the…
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