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California Assembly Bill Would Freeze Pay of State Employees Earning $150,000+; Urges Regents to Comply

Byuclafaculty

From the State Worker blog of the Sacramento Bee, 3/30/11:

Committee OKs freeze on state pay over $150,000 per year (excerpt)

The Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee has approved a bill that would freeze the pay of state employees earning more than $150,000 per year. Assembly Bill 7, authored by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, prohibits the salary increases or bonuses for those higher-end employees until Jan.1, 2014, while they are employed in the same position or job classification…

Full article at http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2011/03/bill-introduced-to-freeze-stat.html#ixzz1I8VZTLSJ

The article provides a link to the bill. The bill contains the following language related to UC:

At a time when the University of California Board of Regents is raising student fees, it is imperative that they show leadership and fiscal responsibility for two years by not granting raises or bonuses for employees that make in excess of $150,000 per year. The Legislature urges the Regents of the University of California and the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law to adopt the policy expressed in this section for individuals employed by those entities.

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