February 7, 2009
Prison, parks workers start taking pay cuts
As many of California's government offices close today for the first of two monthly furlough days that the governor says will help ease the budget crisis, a large portion of Del Norte County's more than 1,700 state workers will clock in as normal.
That doesn't mean these employees are exempt from the pay reductions; rather, it's the 24-hour nature of the agencies they work for — particularly at Pelican Bay State Prison — that require staggering the furlough days.
"Many of our operations, like state parks, are a 24/7 operation," said Jeff Bomke, the acting superintendent for Redwood State Parks' Redwood Coast Sector. "We need to have the flexibility for which employees are furloughed."…
LINK - Triplicate.com (The Daily Triplicate)
