Resolve, Directing the Governor and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources To Remove Longevity Biases from Collective Bargaining Agreements
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0888
Committee: Labor
Sponsors: MILLS

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124th MAl E LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 888 
S.P.338 
In Senate, March 5, 2009 
Resolve, Directing the Governor and the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources 
To Remove Longevity Biases from Collective Bargaining 
Agreements 
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator MILLS of Somerset. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
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Preamble. Whereas, collective bargaining agreements with state employees 
contain a number of provisions for extra payor benefits. that are based solely on 
longevity; among them are provisions to pay an extra 30¢ per hour to those with 15 years 
of longevity, 40¢ to those with 20 years and 50¢ to those with 25 years; and 
Whereas, each employee pay range contains between 7 and 13 step. increases that 
are awarded annually to over 99% of the employees who become eligible through length 
of service; and 
Whereas, in its last round of bargaining for the current biennium, the State 
committed to not "exercise its right to make temporary layoffs during the period of July 
1,2007 to June 30,2009"; as a result, the State has bargained away a significant power to 
manage costs in these adverse times; now, therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. 
Reduce longevity bias. 
Resolved: 
That the Governor and the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources are 
directed to reduce or eliminate within future collective bargaining agreements those 
provisions that compensate longevity without regard to the value of services rendered to 
the State; and ·be it further 
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Sec. 2. Recover the option for temporary layoffs. Resolved: That the 
Governor and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
Human Resources are directeci to retain the State's right to make temporary layoffs during 
future collective bargaining periods; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Merit pay. 
Resolved: 
That the Governor- and the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources are directed to adjust 
the merit pay system so that only those in the upper third of performance are eligible for 
the award in the discretion of the supervisor. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Governor and the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of Human Resources to: 
1. Reduce or eliminate within future collective bargaining agreements those 
provisions that compensate longevity without regard to the value of services rendered to 
the State; 
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2. Retain the State's right to malce temporary layoffs during future collective 
bargaining periods; and 
3. Adjust the merit pay system so that only those in the upper third of performance 
are eligible for the award in the discretion of that employee's supervisor. 
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