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Stevens County approves AFSCME contract, adds recruitment pay for child protection social workers and tests flexible schedules
Summary
The Stevens County Board approved a tentative AFSCME general unit contract that includes a 3% 2025 cost-of-living adjustment, a split paid family/medical leave premium, a recruitment-and-retention pay plan for child protection social workers and a one-year pilot of expanded flexible scheduling for human services staff.
The Stevens County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a tentative contract with the AFSCME general unit on a package of wage and benefit changes, and adopted several related personnel actions including a temporary flexible-scheduling pilot for human services staff.
The contract covers a 3% COLA for 2025 and additional wage adjustments built into the multi‑year agreement. "We did backdate, and we'll back pay the contract to January 1," Becky said during the presentation. The agreement also includes health-insurance premium adjustments and an employer/employee split for paid family and medical leave (PFML) premiums.
Why it matters: the contract affects county wage and benefit expenditures and includes measures the county said aim to improve…
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