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Finance committee approves $16-an-hour temporary position for work-based learning student
Summary
The committee approved a temporary, paid position for a high-school work-based learning student (three hours per day) at $16 per hour, a package that the presenting official estimated would cost roughly $5,000 in straight wages without benefits. Staff said the role is temporary and covered by workers' compensation.
The Deer Lodge Finance Committee approved a temporary paid position for a high-school student participating in a work-based learning program, voting to set the wage at $16 per hour for roughly three hours per day, Monday through Friday.
An agency official described the program as a way for students to receive credits and hands-on exposure to municipal work, saying the role "is 3 hours a day, Monday through Friday" and that it would report to staff in the public works shop. The official estimated straight wages for the position would be "roughly around $5,000" without benefits.
A staff member described that the student had been shadowing city crews as a volunteer to meet credit deadlines and that the temporary appointment would let the student receive paid credit. The staff member noted temporary and seasonal hires typically do not receive PERS or insurance and are covered under workers' compensation; "The only thing you have to carry on is Workcom insurance," they said.
The agency official moved to pay $16 an hour for the work-based learning position; the Chair seconded, and the committee voted to approve the motion by voice vote. The committee also discussed the possibility of converting temporary hires to seasonal positions in the future and noted the town had posted one open position and received several applications.
The motion authorizes staff to hire the student as a temporary worker and to include the position in personnel planning; the committee did not vote on any long-term conversion or add benefits.
