A little over half of the employees that got raises for two agencies, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development along with the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
Earlier this year, it was a Baton Rouge judge that ruled the 401(k)-style retirement plan for future rank-and-file employees was unconstitutional. Now, the Louisiana Supreme Court is telling La. Gov. Bobby Jindal the same thing.
Governor Bobby Jindal is pitching his bid to privatize a health insurance program for state workers as a fight against government-run health care, equating it to his opposition to President Barack Obama's health overhaul.
The State Civil Service Commission agreed today to suspend merit pay raises for some 56,000 rank-and-file government workers for the second straight year.