October 14, 2009
Some furlough days actually cost California money
Staff shortages are forcing tens of thousands of state workers employed at prisons and other around-the-clock institutions to report to work on their furlough days — and the state is paying them with what amount to IOUs that will be costly to taxpayers, according to a Senate report to be released today.
In the long run, the state will save far less than the $1.7-billion touted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger when he ordered state workers furloughed three days a month, the report concluded.
"Really what is happening in these facilities is the state is not reducing hours, they're just deferring paychecks," said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D- Sacramento), who ordered the report….
LINK - LATimes.com
