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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | June 10, 2016 01:25 PM |
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| From: | Representative Pam Snyder and Rep. Tim Mahoney, Rep. Gerald J. Mullery |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Pay Disparity between DOC Managers and Officers |
In the near future, we will be introducing legislation to correct the current pay disparity that exists between state corrections managers and officers in the Department of Corrections (DOC). Our legislation is a companion bill to Senator Argall’s SB 1112. A number of our constituents have recently brought this important matter to our attention. As managers, they continue to earn less than certain officers they are responsible for supervising. Over the past few years, the DOC has attempted to fix this pay disparity, but it still exists for several of the state’s 1,200 corrections managers. Our bill would legislatively correct the problem by ensuring that pay increases for captains and lieutenants would always keep pace with increases for sergeants and corrections officers. Our legislation is modeled after Act 204 of 1984 which ensured that police chiefs always receive the same pay increases or benefits as the officers they supervise. This issue affects the morale of corrections officers and managers within our state prisons, which poses a threat to public safety in Pennsylvania. Please join us in co-sponsoring this important piece of legislation. |
Introduced as HB2212