College staff concerned that new budget plan still contains no base pay hike - Katie Roenigk, the Ranger

Employees at Central Wyoming College expressed concern about their wages during budget hearings this month, when administrators proposed another fiscal year without base salary adjustments for staff and faculty at CWC. The CWC Board of Trustees approved its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2014 this month. According to the budget document, eligible staff members and administrators are projected to receive "step" raises based on experience, but human resources executive director Jennifer Rey said the school's overall salary schedule won't change in fiscal year 2014. The same was true last year when the CWC Board of Trustees approved its budget for fiscal year 2013. No base salary adjustments were proposed then either, though eligible staff still were projected to receive adjustments based on experience, and two administrators got raises because of promotions. The college did provide a 1 percent base salary adjustment for all employees, plus a "step" adjustment for eligible employees, in fiscal year 2012. But in fiscal years 2011 and 2010 CWC again didn't include base salary adjustments in its budget. http://dailyranger.com/story.php?story_id=7448&headline=College-staff-concerned-that-new-budget-plan-still-contains-no-base-pay-hike