http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/124726921288810.xml&coll=1Taxpayers could have to pay penalties for state workers' delayed checks, the governor's office says.Saturday, July 11, 2009 BY SHARON SMITH
[email protected]Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to make state employees work with their pay delayed for weeks or even months could lead some workers to seek damages and leave taxpayers on the hook to pay.
With no budget in sight since the June 30 deadline passed, state employees who are being asked to continue working are now looking at receiving 70 percent of their pay on the July 17 payday and 20 percent on July 24.
Pay would be further delayed if the budget impasse drags out. After a budget is passed, the state Department of Treasury will include any lost pay in the workers' first paychecks, said Elizabeth Kupchinsky, a spokeswoman for the department.
But the situation has some state workers, union leaders and the governor's office wondering whether the employees could be entitled to some form of damages.
Most workers are covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The law establishes issues such as the minimum wage, overtime pay and recordkeeping that affects workers in the private sector and in the federal, state and local governments.
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