[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the first time in 13 years, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development is raising the per diem rate for covered workers on remote public construction projects. Eligible workers will receive $100 per day on remote projects, rather than $75. The new rate applies to projects bid on or after April 11, 2019. “Raising […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The legislative per diem system should be fixed, in part because we can’t send mixed messages about the worst fiscal crisis in Alaska history. Our bi-partisan Alaska House Majority Coalition came together and took hard votes to fix this crippling, harmful deficit. Some more conservative legislators so far have blocked that […]
Juneau – House Bill 181 will move the authority to set legislative session per diem for legislators from Legislative Council (which is composed of legislators), and assign it to the State Officers Compensation Commission, an independent commission composed of Alaska citizens. Since 1994, legislative per diem — the daily rate that legislators receive for lodging, […]
Juneau – Wednesday, Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) filed legislation to eliminate session per diem for days a legislator is not in Juneau. “In our current fiscal climate, legislators need to tighten their belts just as much as the rest of the state,” said Rep. Drummond. House Bill 111 – “An Act relating to the policy […]