The bill was unanimously passed and is now official policy in the small, blue-collar suburb to Cleveland’s south. Elkins told Scene that the new work hours will apply to 28 total employees, including police personnel, and that while hours will be reduced, salaries will remain the same.
“We are always looking for ways to improve the lives of our residents,” Elkins said in a statement provided to the media. “By implementing employee-friendly policies that help us recruit and retain talent in innovative ways, we are meeting that goal in a fiscally responsible manner.”
While the policy was designed both to improve the work-life balance of city employees and to recruit new talent to Newburgh Heights, Elkins said that a 40-hour work week has become so culturally ingrained that in some cases, “they’re not really sure how to take it.”
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This article appears in Dec 4-10, 2019.
This sounds like something the corrupt Taxin Jackson administration will do!!!
Of course such a move like this would only be followed by another ma$$ive tax hike for the city of Cleveland residents and property owners!!!
It’s time to recall crooks Taxin Jackson and thief Budish out of office now!!!
Perfect. Now the work week will match the actual hours worked. How is this progress. Another robbery of taxpayers.
Newburgh Heights spending its ill-gotten gains on employee perks is just legal money laundering.