Yesterday, the Supreme Court of California took on one of the most hotly debated cases in the state: furloughing state workers. Under the furloughing, state workers are required to take off a certain amount of days without pay, whether they like it or not. Now, it's hard enough to get your paycheck sliced up, but add in extremely tough economic times and you get a recipe for the strained financial climate of hard working families.
The case that has been taken to court challenges the Governor's authority to order everyone to be furloughed. He has proposed to axe the furlough, but still take the money. This is also known as: working for free. Sound fun? There are places within the agencies of the state where certain employers have put away money for specific economic times as these; if the Governor orders furloughs, they can still pay their people out of their emergency money. So far they haven't been allowed to use their own money.
There's people saying that state workers get paid too much so they can take the hit, they "deserve" to be furloughed, and all that kind of stuff. All I can say is, try taking a 15 percent pay cut from your employer for no other reason than the fact that he wants to leave some sort of a legacy other than his failed plastic bag ban policy.
The Sacramento Bee reported that the Supreme Court is leaning both ways on the case. Who knows who'll win? It comes down to ruling whether or not Arnold Schwarzenegger has the right to furlough state workers. If not, a lot of people will get lost money paid back, and it will be a lot easier to pay bills in an already horrible economic climate. If the Governor gets his way, then things will simply get a lot harder.
- The Liberty Belle
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