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Hope this is true. It's been a long 6 years with nothing but a pay CUT.

Raises are negotiated

Employees earning less than $40k will receive a $1,400 across the board raise. employees earning more than $40k will receive $1,000. There are $600 bonuses available.
PLUS
State law enforcement officers, FHP, and FDLE will receive an additional 3% with less than 5 years. An additional 5% with 5 years or more.

You all certainly deserve this raise. I will provide more of an update tomorrow.

Thank you Matt and the PBA

Thank you lord for everything you have given us, everything we have, and everything you will continue to give us.

Yep it looks like the Teamsters with all their big talk didn't get anything extra for their state people.

Yep it looks like the Teamsters with all their big talk didn't get anything extra for their state people.

Corrections should have learned from our IUPA experience. Teamsters might as well be called Union. The public doesn't like unions. Legislators don't like unions. I doubt if their lobbyists could even get an appointment with a Republican lawmaker to beg. Nothing for Corrections but some pocket change. :cry:

[MOD 660]

Update: Senate and House budget conference agreed over the weekend to pay raises

This weekend the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives worked out the differences between the two chambers' respective budget proposals. The outcome of these negotiations finalized the pay raise for the PBA bargaining units. PBA lobbyists David Murrell and Ken Kopczynski worked throughout the weekend to secure a raise for State Law Enforcement Officers, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE Special Agents. Please keep up with the process by following our email alerts.

Here's the conference's pay raise proposals:

The budget has a 3% extra increase for State Law Enforcement Officers, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE Special Agents with less than 5 years of service and a 5% extra increase for officers with 5 or more years of services. This is on top of the across the board pay raise (see below).

The conference proposes an across the board pay raise for all state employees:

The proposed budget contains an across the board $1,400 raise for all state employees making less than $40,000 a year. Those employees making $40,000 or more a year will get a $1,000 across the board pay raise.

The budget proposal also has a $600 merit bonus pay for up to 35 percent of each agency.

This negotiated proposal is subject to full legislative approval by the end of the week.

Thank you and stay safe.

[Matt Puckett]

Update: Senate and House budget conference agreed over the weekend to pay raises

This weekend the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives worked out the differences between the two chambers' respective budget proposals. The outcome of these negotiations finalized the pay raise for the PBA bargaining units. PBA lobbyists David Murrell and Ken Kopczynski worked throughout the weekend to secure a raise for State Law Enforcement Officers, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE Special Agents. Please keep up with the process by following our email alerts.

Here's the conference's pay raise proposals:

The budget has a 3% extra increase for State Law Enforcement Officers, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE Special Agents with less than 5 years of service and a 5% extra increase for officers with 5 or more years of services. This is on top of the across the board pay raise (see below).

The conference proposes an across the board pay raise for all state employees:

The proposed budget contains an across the board $1,400 raise for all state employees making less than $40,000 a year. Those employees making $40,000 or more a year will get a $1,000 across the board pay raise.

The budget proposal also has a $600 merit bonus pay for up to 35 percent of each agency.

This negotiated proposal is subject to full legislative approval by the end of the week.

Thank you and stay safe.

MOD 660,
Thanks for posting.

Effective dates for raises - Compression raises are effective July 1, 2013 and lump sums are effective Oct 1, 2013.

We were the only and last state government employees to get a pay raise. It was in 2008 and it was a full 5%. Now this significant raise in 2013. Hard to argue that PBA isn't the most effective bargaining outfit when it comes to bargaining with the state.

Matt,
Please clarify....
For example, a Trooper with 7 years on the job making less than $40,000 will receive a $1,400 pay raise and also an additional 5 % on top of that? My question is whether the 5% is added before or after the $1,400 bonus. Thank you!

Matt,
Please clarify....
For example, a Trooper with 7 years on the job making less than $40,000 will receive a $1,400 pay raise and also an additional 5 % on top of that? My question is whether the 5% is added before or after the $1,400 bonus. Thank you!

Read what he just wrote. You get your compression raise first on July 1. The percentage increase is based on your current salary. Then in October, you will get either $1000 ($83) raise or $1400 ($116) raise, depending on whether you have less than 5 years on with the state or more than 5 years with the state. To reiterate, your lump sum pay raise will not count toward your percentage compression raise. That's unfortunate, but I won't complain.