Shorter Workweek

The State Worker: Column Extra: Jerry Brown administration talking about alternatives to 4/9.5 workweek

24 May 2012

Let's be clear: Gov. Jerry Brown's 4/9.5 furlough workweek isn't a done deal. So said Julie Chapman, the Department of Personnel Administration's acting director, during an interview that informed today's State Worker column on the long-term cost of furloughs.

California state workers may face shorter workweeks, less pay

14 May 2012

Like his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown moved to trim state worker salaries Monday as a way to help cut a ballooning budget deficit.

Viewpoints: Budget revision complicates Brown tax plan

14 May 2012

One of the smartest professors in the UC Davis MBA program had an adage for his accounting students: