Court of Appeal Holds that Correctional Supervisors are not Entitled to the Same Raise as their Subordinates
Wirth v. State
A California Court of Appeal upheld a Trial Court's determination that State correctional officers were not entitled to the same percentage raise as the employees that they supervise. The correctional supervisors based their claim on the language in Government Code section 19849.18 which provides that correctional officers are entitled to salary and benefit changes that are at least generally equivalent to changes granted to their rank and file subordinates. The Court held that the State did not violate that statute by granting the supervisors smaller percentage salary increases supplemented with other benefit increases.
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