06/02/2020

Coronavirus: Ohio Cutting Pay for Supervisors, Non-union Workers

This is the latest round of cuts aimed at recovering from COVID-19

The state is imposing salary reductions on non-union employees and asking bargaining units for union workers to consider pay cuts or a freeze to deal with a $2.5 billion coronavirus (COVID-19) crater in the state budget in the coming fiscal year.

Ohio Budget Director Kimberly Murnieks announced the moves late Monday afternoon as the state deals with a huge income- and sales-tax revenue loss accompanying an unprecedented loss of jobs.

Governor Mike DeWine ordered $775 million in education-heavy budget cuts last month to balance the state budget by the end of the fiscal year June 30. Murnieks said in a statement that the budget hole will grow to an estimated $2.5 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1, with the state expected to draw down the $2.7 billion rainy-day fund and make other cuts to “unsustainable” spending.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Columbus Dispatch.