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| WV correctional officers to see pay raises across-the-board |
| By claycountyfreepress.com |
| Published: 08/02/2017 |
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The raise equates to $1 an hour, and will apply to all seven classifications of correctional officers as well as to new hires. For a starting Correctional Officer 1, for instance, the raise increases the annual salary to $24,664 or by more than 9 percent. “A lot of work went into this action,” Sandy said. “Governor Justice supported this. He stated that we had to do something for these dedicated employees. Many correctional officers spoke to me personally about this, and I knew we had to act.” The long-sought raises will coincide with a policy change across the department’s correctional agencies – the Regional Jail Authority and the Division of Juvenile Services as well as the Division of Corrections – that will allow officer to begin earning overtime after working more than 40 hours a week. The overtime threshold has been 80 hours. Read More. |
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