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Hourly support staff raise pay, snow-day and retirement concerns; Board to review
Summary
Support staff told the district they were paid for fewer snow days than approved last year and asked whether hourly employees can join WRS; notes cite other districts where paras receive WRS and list $18.76 as Barneveld paras' starting rate.
Support staff used the Sept. 15 staff-rep meeting to press the district on pay and retirement issues. Staff said that although five snow days were approved last year, some hourly support staff were paid for only two and had to use personal time for the other dismissals. Meeting notes say this loss of pay is 'significant' for staff limited to 36 hours per week.
The group asked whether hourly staff can be incorporated into the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). The notes record that Barneveld paraprofessionals have state retirement and start at $18.76 per hour, and that Dodgeville and Darlington paraprofessionals also participate in state retirement. The meeting discussed pay lanes and a local threshold at $18 per hour above which district raises are currently subject to CPI adjustments if approved; meeting notes say district insurance premium increases have limited recent CPI raises.
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