A union representing most of Alaska's state employees sued Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration for delaying the release of a salary study and changing its benchmark, alleging the administration aims to avoid substantial salary increases.
A union representing most of the state of Alaska ’s employees is suing the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy over its decision to delay the release of a study that was meant to determine whether state employees are adequately compensated.employees. The study was set to be completed in June of last year, giving lawmakers and unions enough time to review its results and incorporate them into the coming budget cycle.
But in an August amendment to the contract, the administration requested the private contractor conducting the study to instead compare the state to the 50th percentile for some job classifications. Under the amendment, only jobs related to “life, health and safety” would be compared to the 65th percentile.The Dunleavy administration has so far released only redacted versions of the amendment to the public, obscuring the change from the 65th to the 50th percentile as the benchmark.
The lawsuit alleges that Segal, the private contractor, completed the study as originally requested using the 65th percentile as the benchmark, finding that “the majority of state salaries are ‘misaligned,’ meaning they vary from the 65th percentile of the relevant market by 10-15% or more.” In its complaint, the union is asking a judge to make earlier versions of the study public by overruling the administration’s determination that those documents are exempt from the state’s public records laws.
The union is also alleging that in its effort to change the benchmark for the salary study and delay its release, Dunleavy violated the Alaska Constitution, which gives the Legislature the power to appropriate funds and does not allow the governor to “divert funds for a use the legislature did not approve.”
SALARY STUDY ALASKA GOV. DUNLEAVY UNION LAWSUIT
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