Schwarzenegger Minimum-Wage Plan Is Legal, Judge Says
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A California court ruled that state Controller John Chiang must comply with an order by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to slash the pay of almost 200,000 state workers to the minimum wage until a budget is passed.
The ruling comes as Schwarzenegger sought for a second time to cut state workers’ pay to the federal minimum wage amid a spending-plan stalemate. In 2009, Chiang appealed a similar order, claiming the instruction was illegal. Chiang, a Democrat, said today he will appeal the decision on that case from the 3rd Appellate District court in Sacramento.