State Employee Raises "Good Start"

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has included a three percent raise for state employees in the 2014 budget he delivered to the legislature.  Eric Olilla,  executive director of the South Dakota State Employees Organization, says despite the Congressional unknowns and looming fiscal cliff, the three percent is a start…

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Olilla says employees are still catching up after several years of wage freezes…

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There was an eight million dollar shortfall in the state health insurance plan last year. Olilla says they are concerned any raise employees get will be eaten up by insurance premium hikes…

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