Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Clear--Eyed Read on WI Employee Rights

A couple of guys read the Civil Service code in Wisconsin law--you know, the one that all union employees will have to "suffer" under after Walker's plan goes through.

...Moreover, they will still be protected by civil service laws that provide job security and perks beyond anything seen in the private sector.

The majority of those benefits are mandated by Wisconsin's Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), section 230 of the Wisconsin Code (the code) entitled "State Employee Relations," and other civil service laws.

They read (fairly, IMHO) the provisions of the code (see the link.)

One item of note:

...Every new employee who has worked one to five years automatically receives 104 hours off annually, with the vacation time increasing substantially every five years. Those working for over 25 years get a whopping 216 hours off each year -- almost five and a half weeks!

Which does not count holidays.

BTW, to my knowledge the last 5-weeks-vacation after 25-years' employment in the private sector in Wisconsin went bye-bye about 20 years ago. I think it was at JI Case in Racine.

3 comments:

jimspice said...

I like the part of the code covering reimbursement for furlongs driven on a personal horseless carriage.

GOR said...

"BTW, to my knowledge the last 5-weeks-vacation after 25-years' employment in the private sector in Wisconsin went bye-bye about 20 years ago."

Ah, maybe 11 years ago Dad. I still had five weeks when I retired in 2000, but those with 6 weeks had been pared back to 5. That probably got pared back more subsequently...

Anonymous said...

It sounds like Dad missed his calling as a public school teacher. Why else would he carry on for weeks on end about how good their benefits are.