Hempstead proposal seeks automatic pay hikes for elected officials pegged to inflation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : When inflation outpaces wage growth, as it has in recent years, workers effectively get a pay cut, DeFreitas said.
56% : While unionized workers fight to get cost of living increases in their contracts, he's seen few contracts that actually have them.
50% : The town's proposed law doesn't include language about a permissive referendum that Sabatino said is required under state law.
50% : Social Security payments are another area where cost of living adjustments are made.
46% : "I'm sure that a lot of workers would love it if they had COLA in their contract during their working years," DeFreitas said.Elected officials giving themselves COLAs could hurt them among voters, he said.
45% : While Clavin said the intention was for the COLA raise to take effect in 2025, not 2024, Jack Libert, his chief of staff, said Wednesday the law would be amended to make it clear that the automatic raises would begin in 2025.
44% : "The town may need to make another amendment to its proposal as the language of the law is unclear whether COLA will begin in 2024 or 2025.

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