That's beyond common sense.". No business would pay their employees the same thing year after year because people would just leave, which is what’s been happening.”. from the Texas' $12.5 billion Rainy Day Fund, since Camille Cain, the executive director for the agency, arrived a year ago, the commission’s budget request for fiscal years 2020-2021. Hutchinson said if lawmakers don’t take action during the 86th legislative session starting Tuesday, “they’re not going to have a workforce left to do anything.” The union is calling on legislators for a $6,000 per year, across-the-board pay raise for all state workers from the Texas' $12.5 billion Rainy Day Fund. I hope every state legislator and their staff reads this and takes notes and does something about it.”. Sweany said changes like this make a difference with improving morale among the kids and preventing safety issues, allowing correctional officers to better work with them. Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. “It’s a dumb way to run a business.

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In fiscal year 2017 the state worker turnover rate was 18.6 percent. Do you value our journalism? “But when you don’t have enough people to do the work, it won’t happen.”. The Website icon links to the agency’s home page. Show us with your support. Housing units, July 1, 2019, (V2019) 11,283,353: Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018: 61.9%: Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018 "When unemployment is down, it's a lot easier for state employees to find a job elsewhere, a higher-paying job with less work. “The state needs to budget for cost of living for all state employees,” Wu said.