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Judge halts Schwarzenegger's state worker pay cuts, for now

By Jason Siegel

A Sacramento judge halted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed.

The court ruled yesterday that it won't hear the legal dispute between Schwarzenegger and state controller John Chiang over the cuts until Sept. 12, KNBC reported. (READ, WATCH)

Lawyers, doctors and engineers were not among those government employees exempted from the pay cut. Without the same federal wage protections as other workers, these groups, which number in the thousands, wouldn't get any pay, the Los Angeles Times reported. (here).

If the budget impasse continues, attorneys at the California Department of Justice could see their pay temporarily slashed to zero, a Department of Personnel Administration spokesperson told The Recorder.
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However, the cut wouldn't apply to court employees, the Metropolitan News-Enterprise reported.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on August 21, 2008 (boomark / email).