19 O Friday, November 21. 1975 University Daily Kansan --- Holiday pay cut disappointing By JAY BENIS Staff Writer University of Kansas employees might be "unhappy and disappointed" because of a decision not to pay state employees time and money under labor, according to KU employ officials. The State Rules and Regulations Board voted Wednesday to suspend overtime pay for working holidays until the 1976 General Plan some financial decisions on the matter. A proposal by the State Department of Administration on Sept. 19, which was accepted by the Rules and Regulations Board, started the now-suspended practice of paying employees time-and-a-half for holiday labor. James Feldstein, KU director of labor relations, said last night that he had received a letter from the state, three weeks after the time-and-a-half proposal went into effect, asking for projected costs of holiday wages at the University. Total projected costs of paying overtime at KU was around $9,000, he said. The projected costs statewide totaled $292,500 and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. "Apparently, the total sum scared them," he said. Feldstein said the rate changes were approved by the Rules and Regulations Board when the legislature wasn't in session, and after discovering the flow of legislation, he decided they ought to suspend the changes and refer them to the legislature. "Obviously, people will be disappointed," she said. "The overtime was given to them and taken away." Reflecting upon the fact that the legislature has to make the final decision on the finances, Feldstein said he hoped the disappointment wouldn't be permanent. He said that employees who worked on it should be would still be paid up with the line-and-a-bill system. Phil Rankin, director of employment services at the University, said KU would go back to the holiday payment it had before the overtime pay was approved. If an employee had to work holidays under the former policy, he could take a day off sometime within the next 12 months, he said. Rankin said a publication had been sent to employees throughout the campus after the time-and-d-half ruling went into effect, informing them of the new holiday pay It seemed as if the Rules and Regulations Board had changed its mind before it was announced. "Some employees might be unhappy," he said. "I imagine there will be something." "When we call employees and ask them to come back to work on a holiday, I think there should be something else involved other than just a one-day compensation." Rankin said there were a number of employees at the University who endured bullying. Those employees were mainly power-plant workers, emergency maintenance crews, and others. Mike Thomas, director of police and parking, said he didn't think the overtime suspension would have any effect on labor relations within the police department. "Whatever the state does really doesn't matter to us," he said, "because police have to work on days like Christmas anyway and can't be home with their families." Wednesday's vote of 2-1 by the Rules and regulation committee is similar to the U.S. State Finance Council. ASHC allows several changes in hall contracts The All Scholarship Hall Council (ASHC) approved changes in eligibility requirements for 1976-77 scholarship hall contracts last night. The changes will require students to enroll in a minimum of 28 hours for the fall and spring semester and maintain a grade point average for each semester. ASHC members also approved an additional clause to the contracts so that vaccinating rates charged when a resident fails to register will be adjusted for approved academic reasons. Increases in contract rates were approved for fellowship at scholarship halls except with Miller and Mitra. The contract rates for Douthart Hall and Sellards Hall were raised to $805, a $43 increase. 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