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| State overtime changes save WI taxpayers nearly $14 million, report finds |
| By watchdog.org - M.D. Kittle |
| Published: 05/01/2013 |
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MADISON – Wisconsin taxpayers saved nearly $14 million on state employee overtime last year, thanks in large part to the implementation of controversial collective bargaining reform and a calmer season at the Capitol, according to new data from the state Department of Administration. The DOA report shows overtime pay across all agencies declined 22 percent, from $63.1 million in calendar year 2011 to $49.4 million in 2012. Gov. Scott Walker attributes the savings to the first full year of Act 10, which gutted collective bargaining for most unionized public employees in the Badger State. The law, despised by public unions, limits collective bargaining to wages, up to the rate of inflation, and takes benefits negotiations off the bargaining table. “These structural reforms saved taxpayers more than a billion dollars, including millions of dollars in state employee overtime,” Walker said in a statement. Read More. |
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