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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