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Senate passes resolution urging local pay increases for police, firefighters and correctional officers
Summary
The Utah Senate approved SCR 1 (as amended), urging local jurisdictions to consider pay increases for police, firefighters and correctional officers to help offset reduced retirement benefits for new hires and to address recruitment and retention challenges.
The Utah Senate on the floor approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 (SCR 1), a nonbinding legislative statement urging local jurisdictions to consider pay adjustments for certain public safety employees whose retirement benefits were reduced under earlier reforms.
Senator Wyler, sponsor of the measure, told colleagues that the retirement reforms adopted in 2010 (tier 2) reduced retirement benefits for new hires and that some of the resulting savings to employers could be spent to increase pay. "Retirement benefits…
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