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House considers state employee suggestion award program; sponsors point to cost savings in other states
Summary
Rep. Stanley Smedley introduced HB5 to create a statewide employee suggestion/award program to reward cost-saving ideas; members debated fiscal notes, board structure, reporting and a friendly amendment to report proposed budget reductions arising from suggestions.
Lawmakers heard broad debate on HB5, a bill to create a state employee suggestion award program intended to identify cost savings across agencies and reward employee ideas.
Sponsor Rep. Stanley M. Smedley cited models in Florida, Michigan, Washington and Oregon, telling the House that similar programs yielded multi-million-dollar savings in other states and noting that…
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