Primbs
02-06-2009, 07:47 AM
Furlough Fridays begin for Calif. state workers
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96631BG0&show_article=1
Schwarzenegger ordered the two-day-a-month furloughs, reducing the average state worker's salary by 9.2 percent, as he and lawmakers try to solve the state's $42 billion budget shortfall.
Schwarzenegger's administration estimated that cutting worker hours would save the state $1.3 billion over the next year-and-a-half.
The state decided to keep some 250 career centers open after previously announcing they would be closed. The centers are where the unemployed get information about job training and benefits.
Squaw Valley ski resort at Lake Tahoe was offering $30 lift tickets—a $49 savings—on furlough days to state employees who show a valid state identification card or recent pay stub. Boreal ski resort also has a promotion in which state employees can ski or snowboard every Friday for the rest of the season for $20.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96631BG0&show_article=1
Schwarzenegger ordered the two-day-a-month furloughs, reducing the average state worker's salary by 9.2 percent, as he and lawmakers try to solve the state's $42 billion budget shortfall.
Schwarzenegger's administration estimated that cutting worker hours would save the state $1.3 billion over the next year-and-a-half.
The state decided to keep some 250 career centers open after previously announcing they would be closed. The centers are where the unemployed get information about job training and benefits.
Squaw Valley ski resort at Lake Tahoe was offering $30 lift tickets—a $49 savings—on furlough days to state employees who show a valid state identification card or recent pay stub. Boreal ski resort also has a promotion in which state employees can ski or snowboard every Friday for the rest of the season for $20.