Supreme Court rules for Schwarzenegger in furlough matter

[marmar]

from the Sacramento Bee:



The California Supreme Court ruled this morning that state workers were legally furloughed and are not entitled to back pay.

The ruling affects more than 200,000 state workers forced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to take unpaid days off since February 2009.

The court said in its ruling that Schwarzenegger did not have unilateral authority to impose furloughs but that the Legislature tacitly agreed to them by passing budget bills that assumed furlough savings.

The governor imposed 46 furlough days through June 30, reducing payroll costs by about $3 billion. He imposed another round of them in August to save money as the state budget impasse lingered. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2010/10/furlough-xx.html#ixzz11QDcwqNn