SC public workers won't get a bonus through the state budget but could see one this fall
COLUMBIA — State employees will see a raise starting next month but the South Carolina House refused June 9 to give the least-paid workers an additional bonus — at least, not yet.
The $10.7 billion spending package advanced by the House includes a 3 percent cost-of-living raise across all state agencies, providing more than the 2 percent in the Senate’s version.
But an attempt to also pay agency employees who make less than $50,000 — which happens to be the majority of state workers — a one-time, $1,200 bonus was rejected 63-50.
Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, who fights yearly for better pay for public workers, said she asked for $1,200 to ensure they actually “take home a thousand bucks” after taxes.
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