City Employees Get Another Holiday…and We Get a Break from Construction Noise
Last year Beverly Hills reached agreement with city labor unions to bump-up pay and benefits. Pay will rise much faster than inflation and employees can now cash-out a full two to four weeks of unused vacation time for pension-padding compensation under the new agreement. These changes, and more, will add $12 million in new employee costs over three years. But this new perk caught our eye: a new paid city holiday added to the existing ten city holidays. ‘Juneteenth’ falls on June 19th. If city council could, by the stroke of the pen, create a new paid holiday….can’t could make Juneteenth a construction holiday too?
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