Panel votes to give state workers pay raise
The legislature’s budget-writing committee has voted to give state employees in Delaware a pay raise, the Associated Press is reporting.
Members of the Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Monday in Dover to give state employees a 2 percent pay raise starting Jan. 1.
The committee also voted to increase the pension payments for current state government retirees by 1 percent, also effective in January.
If approved by the General Assembly, the increases would cost taxpayers about $19 million in the first year.
Earlier this month, Gov. Jack Markell signed a bill requiring Delaware state government employees to contribute more for their pension and health care benefits.
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