Thousands of state employees across Nevada, including highway patrol officers, expected longevity payments on December 15th.
On November 6th, the Governor's office issued an order notifying all state employees under collective bargaining agreements that they will not receive bi-annual longevity payments. During the 2023 Nevada Legislature, longevity payments were authorized as a part of the "state worker pay bill" (AB522) to increase pay for state workers with eight or more years of continuous service.
The goal behind the bi-annual payments is to reward employee retention, which Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno says is a problem within the Nevada Highway Patrol. Monroe-Moreno is the Speaker Pro tem and Chair of the Ways and Means Committee
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"That longevity bill was for all state employees whether they were in a bargaining unit or not in a bargaining unit, and the Governor signed that bill. A law is in effect that he signed," said (D-North Las Vegas) Assemblywoman and NV Dems Chairperson Daniel Monroe-Moreno.
Law enforcement officers members of the Nevada Police Union, many of whom are highway patrol, are learning that they are not getting those longevity payments. We spoke to NPU President Dan Gordan.
"it was just mind-boggling. At first, I didn't think it was accurate, but then as we started to near and get closer to the actual time of the payments, I started getting just a barrage of phone calls, text messages, emails, and conversations about how disappointed our membership is"Dan Goodman.
Here's how the payments would break down:
State employees working for eight years would only get an 85-dollar payment.
But someone in their 20th year would be getting 471 dollars.
And, someone in 30 years would be making just over 1,000 dollars.
Brian Miller has been a carpenter at the University of Nevada Reno for 23 years.
"Every six months, and that would look for me about 700 dollars, which would come in very handy during the holidays. It goes into the Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) PERS, which is the retirement system, so it gives us money upfront, and it gives us money when we go and eventually retire," said UNR State worker Brian Miller."
The Governor's office could not comment when we reached them on Friday because the issue is pending litigation. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AMFSCE) has filed a court challenge, and we will continue to track new developments.
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