State workers in South Dakota will be eligible for raises starting July first, with the beginning of the new fiscal year.

Eric Ollila (oh-lee’-la) Executive Director of the South Dakota State Employees Organization says there should be a two part raise for almost all workers…

 

State workers’ wages were frozen for three years during the recession.

Ollila says there will be a new study of state employee pay that could reset pay ranges…

 

Ollila says that type of study will be good information for the legislature…