Trinity County Units Accept Payroll Lag

Friday, February 20, 2009

Earlier this week the members of the Trinity County General Unit and the Trinity County Management Confidential Unit voted to accept the County’s offer of a payroll lag. Also during the week the Trinity County Deputy Sheriff’s Association and the Trinity County Miscellaneous Peace Officer Unit also voted to accept the offer. The Trinity County Skilled Trades Unit already has the lag system in place.

Accepting the lag means that all County employees will have their salary reduced by 16 hours every month for five months. This reduction equates to an approximate 9.23% salary decrease for each of these five months for the employees. The County had told the bargaining units that the only other alternative to the payroll lag would have been furloughs or layoffs because the state has withheld needed revenue to the County. The employee’s were also told that the acceptance of the payroll lag may not prevent additional layoffs or furlough’s in the future. The employees volunteered these cuts to help save jobs being eliminated in the County.

The Union has remained neutral during this vote as each employee was affected in different ways.