Summarizing City’s Initial Recommended Contract Conditions with General Employees

August 29, 2010 Leave a comment

It is very hard to keep track of the multiplicity of benefits received by the general employees of the City of Coral Gables, but here is a rough list of the changes recommended by the City’s negotiators.
  • A 5% wage reduction;
  • A 2.5% merit increase instead of 5% merit increase;
  • Loyality payment reduced from 5% to 2.5%;
  • Eliminate $30/month for HMO coverage, a  $23.46/month reimbursement;
  • City will pay 80% of health insurance premium instead of 100%;
  • Eliminate payment for excess overtime hours;
  • Over night compensation increase reduced from 7% to 2.5%;
  • City may change assignment of cellular phones at its discretion;
  • A number of pension fund parameters changed including use of last five years average compensation and institution of the “rule of 80”, use of base income only, 2.25% benefit multiplier, increase of contribution from 5% to 10%; and
  • Tuition benefit reduced form $6,000 to $4,000 annually.

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Unknown's avatarAbout Stephen E. McGaughey
Resident of the City of Coral Gables; Formerly with Inter-American Development Bank, Senior Environmental Project and Policy Leaders, Agricultural Economics, Forest Sector Projects and Policies, Country Representative Financing in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic

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