Starting the second week of May, every assistant district attorney in the state will face a 20 percent cut in full-time to part-time work hours.
According to a letter from the Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, assistant attorney generals across the state still have to fulfill the requirements for six furlough days by the end of the budget biennium established by former Gov. Jim Doyle, and this reduction will make up for those incomplete furlough days.
The reason why the DOA is implementing this reduction is because the Association of State Prosecutors and the state were unable to reach a deal, known as a Memoranda of Understanding, over the implementation of the remaining furlough days.
The furlough days were not going to affect the benefits of assistant district attorneys, but Huebsch said this reduction in full-time equivalency will.
""It is important to note that this action is not a result of, or reflection on the quality of your work or your performance,"" Huebsch wrote in his letter to the assistant district attorneys facing the pay and time reduction. ""We appreciate the contributions you have made to the department and the citizens we serve.""
