Sentences with phrase «reduce the salary increase»

The amendment to reduce the salary increase to 2 percent also failed, 20 - 18.

Not exact matches

Budget 2010 froze departmental operating budgets for two years, forced departments to absorb the 1.5 % increase in annual wages and salaries for 2010 - 11, and reduced the rate of growth in defence spending.

Legislator Mark Grimm, R - Guilderland, proposed eliminating the two auditors positions and reducing the proposed salary increases for three top - level comptroller employees to the standard 2 percent, which other county employees received.

Cuomo, who won a landslide 28 - point victory, campaigned on pledges to reduce state spending, oppose tax increases, and freeze public - employee salaries for at least a year.

proposed by the Poloncarz administration on March 29 to increase the wages of approximately 250 DSS employees in order to reduce turnover and bring salaries closer to comparable counties.

She supports a salary that's adjusted for cost of living changes, partially because better compensation could help increase the Legislature's diversity and reduce incentives for the sorts of behavior that's played a role in many of the scandals which have plagued Albany since the last increase, when salaries were raised to $ 79,500 in 1998.

Because the payroll tax would be phased in over three years, employers could «blend in» the new payroll tax with normal salary increases so that employees» take - home pay is not reduced, Mujica said.

One way of reducing the number of postdocs — and decreasing the intense competition for jobs — would be to increase postdoc salaries from $ 39,264 to $ 42,000 and provide benefits equal to those of employees at their institutions, the report says.

Luckily, my tiny town had a few openings because of teacher retirements, and I was able to join the staff at Rhame Avenue Elementary School — reducing my commute and increasing my salary!

When Americans are asked to choose between increasing teacher salaries and reducing class sizes, they regularly select the latter option.

Even when they are told that «reducing average class sizes by three students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000,» 44 percent of Americans select class - size reduction, whereas 28 percent select increasing teacher salaries.

Class Size Reduction Question: Reducing average class sizes by 3 students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000.

Providing information on current teacher salaries in their state reduces support for salary increases among independents to 34 percent — exactly the same as among Republicans.

Perhaps the plug is reducing benefits, increasing age and years - of - service requirements, or decreasing retirement income via lower salary multipliers — all reasonable fixes.

One group of survey respondents, randomly chosen, was told, «Reducing average class sizes by three students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by 13 % or buying $ 10,000 in new books and technologies for each class every year.»

Reducing class size is a generally popular idea, but a number of researchers have concluded that increasing teacher salaries may be a better long - term strategy for school improvement.

Along the same lines, parents (53 %) are also more likely than the public (46 %) to think money should be spent on reducing class size rather than increasing teacher salaries or buying new books and technologies — unless they are told the relative cost of each policy.

For school - age children, Krueger would begin by reducing class size and increasing teachers» salaries, especially in schools serving low - income communities.

The United States would have to reduce teacher salaries about 5 percent below their current average of $ 41,460 and increase class size by 10 percent — to nearly 17 students per teacher — to be optimally efficient, the researchers said.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

Instead of salary increases, more often than not teacher compensation is being reduced through methods such as mandatory furlough days, higher co-pays or deductions for health benefits, a freeze on cost - of - living allowances, and so on.

Schools have been faced with reducing teaching staff and have little or no money to increase teacher salaries or reward teachers with merit pay.

This is despite the fact that the savings would be considerable, that the staff was looking at having to reduce their own salary, and that the administration could easily justify cutting programs that was not specifically related to increasing test scores in Math and English.

The district's most recent offer to the teachers was a five percent pay increase, retroactive to July 1 of last year, with an increase of the minimum salary to $ 50,000 from $ 45,637 and $ 13 million to help reduce class size.

Increase the amount of teacher compensation that is paid directly as salary, and reduce the amount of compensation that is devoted to retirement benefits in order to match the norm for similarly situated workers in the private sector.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

So Gary - You think its the right thing to do... to furlough students and continue to increase class sizes so that we can pay old teachers more rather than higher more teachers (reduce class sizes) at a lower salary schedule?

«If the total student loan debt at graduation exceeds the student's annual starting salary, the student will struggle to repay the debt without alternate repayment plans that reduce the monthly payment by increasing the term of the loan (which also increases the total cost of the loan).»

While it may not be as easy to dramatically increase your salary, you can give your income a nice boost by picking up a side gig or taking on a roommate to reduce your monthly mortgage burden.

Thus, employed taxpayers could help reduce or eliminate interest charges by increasing their salary withholding enough to offset estimated payments.

This increase will obviously not match the salary increase but it will reduce the repayment burden.

Employment of MLVPs can reduce the cost of veterinary care by allowing individuals earning a lower salary to increase the volume of cases seen through delegation.

Initiatives include a reduction in personnel (4 people or 16 % of employees), a reorganization of staff in key areas, a 20 % reduction in the director's salary, increasing contributed and earned revenue, and reducing the draw on the museum's investments.

Small businesses that had small staff and salaries in the first place, though, have looked elsewhere to learn where they can reduce costs and increase revenue.

The committee must review all proposed changes to remuneration, which can not be «reduced, increased, or frozen» without prior recourse to a committee, and is to review overall remuneration — salary, pensions, and other benefits are part of that.

Nearly every state has a constitutional provision related to judicial salaries and compensation, however they vary widely in terms of whether or not such items can be reduced or increased (as was the case in Arkansas for decades) and if so under what conditions.

Sixty - three per cent also voted to continue the strike even though the LANEQ had entirely depleted its $ 8 - million war chest (half of it loans that are being repaid through an already - activated increase in union dues to three per cent from 0.75 per cent of members» salaries) and strike pay was reduced to zero from a high of 60 per cent of members» weekly salaries at the start of the strike.

Today's economic challenges are compelling in - house attorneys to significantly reduce their own costs, while fees paid to outside law firms have tended to increase at rates higher than employee salaries, energy costs, and other business expenses.

So such a plan would push me into poverty by increasing my expenses and reducing my salary.

An increase in salary often means a bump in your standard of living, increased savings for retirement, reducing debt, and the other perks that come with more money in your bank account.

Not only does this reduce the amount of time it takes you to find a position, but it also significantly increases your chances of getting both multiple and more substantial salary offers.

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In addition to reducing the time in career transition, which could be a significant return on your investment, a professional resume will generate more job interviews increasing the potential for multiple job offers and the opportunity to negotiate an increased salary.

Not knowing the salary history reduces the bias, not increases it.

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Several commenters writing on behalf of tribal governments similarly asserted that tribes would be forced to respond to the proposed salary level increase by reducing services to tribal communities.