I work for the state of California, and just narrowly dodged layoffs. My union has agreed to a 4.62% paycut (one day salary), from now through June 2010. I still fear that Ahnold will come back and say it's not enough, and layoffs are still needed, but I do have some protection from that now. Also in the Tentative Agreement with the union is that our members cannot be laid off unless the agency we work for is eliminated, or the facilities we work at are closed. Even then, because of the agreement, they will give me another job... within 10% of my current salary, and within 50 miles of my home. So, theoretically, I could end up taking another 10% cut and increasing my drive to work from 6.5 miles to 50...
Joy, oh Joy...hanging on by my fingertips. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Scott Williamson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO Our hours have been reduced from 40 hours a week to 32 hours a week. The office will now be closed on Fridays. My question, can the company force employees to take paid time off to for the Fridays closed. The company memo states that employees will still incur paid time off at regular rates, but those with enough time must use a paid time off day for the Fridays the company is not working. Can a company force an employee to use a paid time off day? In California if that helps. Thanks Scott ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
