Sentences with phrase «salary hikes for»

The Cortland County Legislature meets Thursday night, opening with public hearings on salary hikes for elected or appointed staff and other managers, and setting the salary for Cortland County Election Commissioners.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration said Sunday it opposes a hiring freeze to block salary hikes for nonunion staff.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's administration opposes a hiring freeze to block salary hikes for nonunion staff.

The Dutch lender has withdrawn a 50 percent salary hike for its CEO following a public outcry.

(Recall that the passage of legislation to implement the state's first charters occured on the former governor's watch, and he later traded a salary hike for state legislators in exchange for agreement on lifting the 100 - school cap).

As lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo hash out a budget agreement that potentially reconstitutes a legislative pay commission, it's worth noting how the governor in the past has linked a salary hike for the Legislature to a timely or on - time spending plan.

Cuomo has said «procurement reform» could be part of a special session before December 31 that could also include a salary hike for lawmakers.

Not exact matches

Amid already stiff competition for new workers, a hike in starting salaries may dig into their already over-stretched budgets.

Price intends to pay for the hike by slashing his own salary of roughly $ 1 million annually, as well as by dipping into 75 to 80 percent of the company's expected 2015 revenue.

A move away from England would be so much better for Arsenal so I think we have to move quickly and make a deal with Bayern Munich, especially if they are offering the player a big salary hike as a report in The Mirror claims.

Park board President Lorry Werhane has acknowledged that officials authorized large bonuses on top of salary hikes partly to pad pensions as a reward for a job well done.

Members of the state Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation today are set to meet in New York City to determine whether to increase the pay for 213 members of the state Legislature, hiking their salaries from the base $ 79,500 to as much as $ 116,900 a year.

While DeFrancisco's sentiments about the pay commission are common among legislators, there are others who recognize the reality of legislative horse - trading and remember that the last salary hike, in 1998, was traded for the authorization of charter schools sought by then - governor George Pataki, a Republican.

That agenda must include repeal or modification of the Triborough Amendment, which preserves salary hikes even after the contracts of public employees have expired, and of compulsory binding arbitration, which further locks in unaffordable deals for police and fire unions.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

County officials are pressuring Albany lawmakers to pass the bill after a judicial pay commission recommended pay hikes for state judges, whose salaries are linked to that of district attorneys.

It would be the first pay hike granted in 17 years for lawmakers, who make a base salary of $ 79,500.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

Schwarz's three - member salary panel — appointed by the mayor to recommend pay hikes for all elected officials — settled on a 23 percent hike for council members, bringing their $ 112,500 salary to $ 138,315.

The 33 percent raises for Chief of Staff Ron Kluesener, Town Attorney Joseph Wilson and Town Comptroller Victoria Marotta increase their base salaries from $ 109,084 to $ 145,000, according to the Jan. 2 resolution granting the pay hikes.

It was also advertised as a way to end the horse - trading that's been a part of pay raises for decades — in 1987, Mario Cuomo linked a salary increase to ethics reforms, and the 1998 pay hike was accompanied by the creation of the state's first charter schools, a bill pushed by dairy farmers, and an agreement to give the comptroller authority to withhold legislators» paychecks in years when budgets are late.

Cuomo has been sympathetic to the push for a salary hike, but has said he wants lawmakers to take up sweeping campaign finance and ethics reform in the process, including the public financing of political campaigns and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

If the pay raise is not voted on this year, it will have to be put off for two years in order for the effective date to kick in because the lawmakers can not approve a salary hike by a sitting legislature.

What voters don't want to see is a legislative pay hike, which would be the first salary bump for state lawmakers, earn a base $ 79,500.

Blakeman pushed through an astronomical 24 percent pay hike for Nassau cops in 1997, mandating a $ 73,859 salary for officers with seven years experience, an award that was blasted by the Nassau County comptroller.

They're protesting also for the many students who have been affected by CUNY tuition hikes and cuts, not whining about their own salaries.

«While Howard Kopel voted to eliminate the tax on heat and electricity and voted for two no - tax - increase county budgets, his opponent, Adam Moser, wants a 39 percent tax hike so county employees can continue to get free health care, 61 paid days off and big six - figure salaries.

NYC Council members reportedly are quietly plotting for a massive pay raise that will bring their six - figure salaries up to a whopping $ 192,500 — a 71 percent windfall — as cops face a proposed 1 percent hike, and firefighters will only see a 2.5 percent bump this year.

And while the budget does not increase salaries for union workers, it does include pay raises for elected officials, including Supervisor Scott Russell, whose salary will see the biggest increase — a 10 percent hike to $ 101,000.

After talk of a pay hike for lawmakers fizzled last month, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday proposed establishing a commission to address his salary, along with state legislators, other statewide elected officials and state - agency commissioners.

An anonymous source connected to the governor suggested to reporters that the governor would use his appointees on a commission weighing a pay hike for legislators to hold base salaries at $ 79,500 if the budget were late and ethics reforms are not adopted before legislators leave for the year this June.

A complete ban on outside income for lawmakers, accompanied by a salary hike to at least $ 112,500 compared to the current $ 79,500 base pay.

The Citizens Budget Commission watchdog group has said the MTA would have to raise fares to cover TWU salary hikes, but on Thursday CBC officials declined to say if they believed the new union contract led to the push for the $ 3 base fare.

The agreement reconstitutes a pay commission for the Legislature, which could give lawmakers their first salary hike since 1999.

The chairwoman would not discuss whether she took any steps to implement raises, if objections were raised by Albany or whether top staff had reimbursed the authority for any enacted salary hikes.

Cuomo then «dangled» the pay hike as enticement for a special session in December, to use Abinanti's word, that would have considered several government reform measures as well as a salary hike.

She said she was inspired to run after the board's votes last year to increase taxes — the first increase after six years of nominal decreases — and to give salary raises totaling nearly $ 100,000 to elected officials, including 40 percent pay hikes for the board's four part - time members.

This increase in the budget is, in part, required to pay for the salary hike proposed for AMs by the Remuneration Board.

Given the awkwardness of tracking postdocs» long and irregular work hours and the risk of unpredictable overtime costs, many universities are likely to opt for hiking postdoc salaries to the threshold.

And some institutions that ostensibly hiked pay also added kickers, requiring postdocs to pay more for health care or otherwise «adjusting fringe benefits» in ways that produced «an overall reduction in salary,» McDowell adds.

But researchers» organizations like Sauvons la Recherche have dismissed the pay hikes as divisive; they want salary increases across the board, especially for young scientists.

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They include removing domestic content requirements for solar and wind energy projects, hiking the aviation fuel tax from 2.7 cents a litre to 6.7 cents over four years and freezing MPP salaries until the deficit is eliminated.

Though given the present economy, major pay increases for associates seem unlikely here in the United States, over in India, law firms are hiking salaries — as much as 100 percent — to retain talent, as reported in India's Economic Times.

Slaughter and May has opted against increasing London associate pay for 2017 - 18, after significantly hiking salaries at the start of the year.

Finally, consultants argue that firms will pay the price of last year's salary hikes as the demand for high - priced legal help begins to decline.

Travers Smith has hiked salaries for newly qualified (NQ) associates by 9 %, putting pay for NQ lawyers at the firm on an equal footing with those at Slaughter and May.

The associate pay hike is creating pressure for law firms that raised salaries for competitive, rather than performance, reasons, Rusanow writes in the Am Law Daily.

Law.com: More Law Firms Boost Pay for Associates A Key Factor for Associate Raises: Location, Location, Location Sullivan & Cromwell Boosts Associates» Pay Hogan & Hartson and Dickstein Shapiro Raise First - Year Associate Pay Drinker Biddle to Add More Salary Partners Keker Matches Associate Salary Hikes More Law Firms Match Regional Salary Hikes DLA Piper Raises First - Year Pay to $ 125K Large Miami Firms Boost Associate Pay by Nearly 10 Percent Latham Boosts Associate Salaries Wilson Sonsini Follows the Trend and Raises Salaries L.A. Firms Lift Associate Salaries Gibson Dunn Bumps Up First - Year Pay to $ 135,000 Finnegan Raises Salaries for Junior, Midlevel Associates Cravath Reveals Bonus Figures, While Kenyon Raises Associate Salaries