Since the state legislature has not passed a budget yet, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered state workers to be paid a federal minimum wage. However, state controller, John Chiang, will reportedly not follow the governor’s order, citing the “impossibility of being able to pay some workers minimum wage and others their current salaries”. The order, stating that state employees will be paid the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour for the July pay period, is said to affect roughly 200-thousand state employees. The change, made effective yesterday, is expected to be reflected in state employees next paycheck. Workers, in the meantime, should expect their normal wages, paid in full retroactively, once the budget is passed.
