Over 2,600 state Transportation Cabinet employees will be receiving a pay raise, according to an announcement by Governor Matt Bevins.
Raises will go to many of the cabinet’s lowest-paid employees. Workers covered include highway equipment operators, laborers, mechanics, machinists, welders and engineering technologists. Some could see salary increases up to $3.20 per hour by January.
Calling the pay raises long overdue, Bevin said they are aimed at reducing high turnover rates.
Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas pointed to a “revolving-door attrition of employees” that has hampered efforts to retain a dependable workforce.
About 60 percent of Transportation Cabinet employees will be in line for raises, according to cabinet officials. The pay bumps will cost the cabinet more than $31 million annually.
That expenditure will be offset by cost-saving efforts, including improved efficiencies for snow and ice removal operations and lower miscellaneous expenditures.
Source: AP
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