| Last Updated: | 5/18/2012 |
| Budget Issue: | No ideal way to achieve potentially necessary compensation reductions |
| Program: | State Employees |
| Finding or Recommendation: | Given the severity of the state's budget shortfall, the Legislature will need to consider reductions in employee compensation. There are, however, no ideal ways to achieve such reductions. |
Beginning on page 35 of our 2012-13 Overview of the May Revision, we discuss (1) the administration's proposal to reduce employee compensation costs and (2) options available to the Legislature to reduce employee compensation costs.