ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, December 19, 1995 TAG: 9512190071
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: RICHMOND
SOURCE: DAVID M. POOLE STAFF WRITER
In lieu of a pay raise next year, Gov. George Allen wants to stuff state workers' stockings with a two-week bonus in December 1996.
But state employees should pause before making plans for a holiday shopping spree.
Allen is not talking about a traditional bonus that would increase take-home pay for the month of December. Rather, he is proposing a "payroll adjustment" that would result in some benefits for workers:
Their final paycheck for 1996 would arrive two days before Christmas, rather than on Dec. 31.
Their first paycheck for January 1997 would arrive a week earlier.
They would receive an extra week's pay after they quit or retired.
Lawmakers from districts with large numbers of state employees reacted coolly to Allen's plan.
"In order to get that 'bonus' you either have to leave or die," said Del. Anne Rhodes, R-Richmond.
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