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2018 Legislative Pay Plan Explanation
The 2018 Legislative Pay Plan is to provide state employees with approximately a 5.0% salary adjustment from FY 2018 through FY 2019. Therefore, benefits-eligible employees in the Executive or Legislative Branch who have been continuously employed since July 1, 2017, are proposed to receive one of the following:
The problems that led federal inspectors to decertify Osawatomie State Hospital might have been prevented if a succession of Kansas governors and lawmakers had funded community-based mental health programs intended to reduce the need for state institutions.
KDADS to transfer some Larned, Osawatomie legal staff to central office
KHI NEWS SERVICE KDADS to transfer some Larned, Osawatomie legal staff to central office Agency says move to Topeka will improve efficiency, but some in legal community have concerns By Megan Hart | May 10, 2016 PRINT 20 15 0 The head of the legal department at Larned State Hospital will be transferred to Topeka later this month, a move that has some western Kansas attorneys concerned the distance could throw a wrench in the process of committing people who need mental health treatment.
KOSE Responds to Inmate Attacks On Officers at Lansing Correctional Facility
The Kansas Organization of State Employees (KOSE) today expressed extreme concern for the safety of state correctional officers in the wake of erupting violence at a state run prison where, over the past several days, ten officers have been injured in inmate attacks.
Due Process Threats Impact All Public Employees
Last year during the 2013 Legislative Session, the Kansas Legislature introduced a bill that would have completely eliminated the Civil Service system for state employees. Without Civil Service protections, state employees could be fired for political reasons…or for no reason at all. KOSE successfully fought against this change, but the threat has not gone away.
KOSE Mobilizes!!!
On March 8th dozens of members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) from around the country arrived in Wichita. Attendees from as far away as Alaska and Connecticut came to help strengthen and energize KOSE and its members through a training and mobilization program AFT conducts annually.
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Want a raise???
Although KOSE bargains for pay raises, those pay raises have to be placed in the budget and approved by the legislature before they can take effect. Last year for the first time, the Kansas Legislature aproved a two-year budget. That budget did not include raises for state employees.
The 2014 legislative session begins on Monday, January 13. Contact your legislators and tell them that pay increases for state employees should be a priority!