Fairfax Employees Could See Pay Changes
County Executive Ed Long has proposed a new, alternating-year compensation system that could cut annual costs in half.
With looming budget shortfalls over the next two fiscal years, Fairfax County employees could be looking at adjustments to their compensation. “I am concerned that the County’s variable pay program is no longer effective and is financially unsustainable,” County Executive Ed Long said. “We just cannot afford the program that we have.” County workers received a pay increase during the Fiscal Year 2013 budget process, which cost the county about $50 million. Long said it was uncertain whether any employees would receive pay increases in FY 2014. In Long’s proposed system, which would kick in after FY 2014, county employees would get a cost of living increase in odd-numbered years and be eligible for regular and performance-based pay bumps in…
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