F&G ‘pay equity’ plan: Cut two top managers, give small boosts to 71 lower-paid workers
Idaho's Fish & Game Department has cut its workforce by 9 percent since 2008, Fish & Game Director Virgil Moore told legislative budget writers this morning. Part of that came through a plan lawmakers approved two years ago to consolidate temporary employees; that's saved the department $220,000, Moore said. This year, he's proposing a "pay equity plan," at zero bottom-line cost; it takes funds from eliminating a deputy director and the Salmon regional supervisor position, and uses it to "provide small salary increases to 71 on-the-ground employees" whose current pay rate is significantly below standards.
