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Sounds like a really, really, really bad college band, doesn’t it?
Anyway, I don’t want to brag, but I told you so.  According to a story on WHTM:
The state Supreme Court said Monday it agreed with state workers’ unions and ruled against the position that Gov. Ed Rendell had taken leading up to the July 2008 [...]

Yes.  You read that correctly.  Long-time readers know what I’m about to say.  Everyone else gets an explanation after the break.

As you’ve probably already heard by now, those of us on the 8/7 pay cycle received our full pay (along with back pay) this past Friday.  With a few exceptions, everybody on the alternate cycle will be paid this coming Friday.  This is a bittersweet victory for us state employees who were asking for nothing [...]

Senate Bill 850, “An Act to provide from the General Fund for the expenses of (the state)”, is on its way to the governor.  Three legislators voted against the bill — Representatives Steve Santarsiero, Dennis O’Brien, and Paul Drucker.  Rumors of a fourth are rumbling, but the bill passed by an overwhelming margin.  The threat [...]

Any state employee who is affected by the impasse (which, basically, means all of us) should consider reaching out to his or her creditors to let them know what’s going on.  Even with 10 weeks’ worth of spending money in savings, I’ve contacted all of mine to inquire about deferment and emergency arrangements.  Creditors are [...]

That’s right — $3,000,000.  PER DAY. Thanks to Robin over at Nana’s House for catching this one.  Using that number, Pennsylvania taxpayers are already on the hook for $78 million in liquidated damages.  That’s an average of $90 million for every month that this drags on.  If Judge Judy were trying this case, this is [...]

It appears that our government may be guilty of more than one violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
I’ve already demonstrated that government employees in any capacity are covered by the FLSA.  And part of the FLSA states that employers must maintain an accurate record of hours worked and wages paid, and that these records [...]