<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>I've been slowly raising our hourly staff wages for the past three years and I finally have our pages (our lowest paid staff) at $12.00. They were at $9.87 when I started in 2022. I've been raising everyone else at the same time, but at a slower rate. For February, only the pages will get bumped up to the $12.48. The rest will remain where they are for a bit.</div><br><div><div><em>Deb Hemmye</em> <br>Library Director <br>Huntington Woods Public Library <br>26415 Scotia Road <br>Huntington Woods, MI 48070 <br>248-543-9720, ext. 686 <br><br></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 6, 2024 12:02:31 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] Class 1, 2, 3 libraries<br></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Small Michigan libraries - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">How are you handling the raise in minimum wage in February?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Are you giving raises to the whole staff or just to those earning below $12.48? (Yes, we have one person in that group.) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Giving everyone a 20% raise would be awesome, but would totally blow our budget. I'm just looking to see how all of your boards are handling this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for your wisdom!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Perri</div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4">Perri Saunders, Director</font><div><font size="2">White Pigeon Township Library</font></div><div><font size="2">102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399</font></div><div><font size="2">White Pigeon, MI 49099</font></div><div><font size="2">269-483-7409</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><u style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 )"><a href="mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us</a> </u></font></div><br><div><i><font size="4">Brighten the corner where you are.</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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