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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Ind. Courts - "Porter County judges seeking higher pay for their court workers"
Vicki Urbanik reported yesterday in a lengthy story in the ChestertonTribune:
Porter County’s judges are seeking higher pay for their court workers, in part because the salaries and perks for other county government employees outweigh those of court personnel.Porter County Superior Court Judge Julia Jent told the Porter County Council at budget hearings Tuesday that unlike other county employees, court workers do not get breaks built into their work day. They must stay at work for as long as court proceedings take, sometimes working late into the night, she said.
“Our staff is lucky to take a lunch break,” she said.
Also speaking in support for higher court worker pay was Porter County Circuit Court Judge Mary Harper, who said that taking into account vacation, sick days and personal days, county employees actually get up to five more paid days off than court staff. * * *
On behalf of all the county’s judges, Jent requested raises ranging from 2.3 percent to 3.9 percent for court staff, in addition to whatever raise is given to all county employees.
Under the request, the pay for a court executive assistant would go from $27,895 to up to $28,983, while the pay for court secretaries would climb from $26,250 to up to $27,273. The pay for a court reporter would go from $34,881 to $35,701 and for a bailiff, from $31,845 to $33,128. The salary amounts are somewhat different for the employees in the magistrate courts.
Jent’s report compared the pay for other secretaries elsewhere in county government and found that several other departments pay their employees several thousands of dollars more than the courts do.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 14, 2008 09:35 AM
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