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Office of Labor Relations briefs committee on FY26 budget, hiring freeze effects and labor economist post
Summary
The Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining told the committee its FY26 proposal preserves FTEs, shifts some nonpersonnel funding as a labor economist role moves from contractor to in‑house, and that a hiring freeze and mayoral orders delay arbitration and implementation of negotiated pay until Oct. 1, 2025.
E. Lindsey Maxwell II, director of the Office of Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, told the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor on June 2 that the office’s proposed FY26 budget preserves staff levels while reducing nonpersonnel funds and that recent mayoral and congressional actions have constrained labor activity.
Maxwell said OLRCB’s FY26 operating proposal is approximately $3.4 million with 20 FTEs; the proposal decreases nonpersonnel services by about $192,000 but increases personnel funding slightly to reflect fringe rate changes. He told the committee the office gained three FTEs in FY25 and added attorneys to reduce outside litigation costs,…
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