State Employees
Alabama state employee health insurance premiums up, benefits down
The State Employee Insurance Board (SEIB) Wednesday approved an increase in Alabama state employees health premiums and a decrease in benefits. The changes to the State Employee Health Insurance Program (SEHIP), which SEIB officials said were needed to address a deficit, amount to an increase of about $20 per month per member, and increases to […]
General Fund budget could mean shortage for state employee health insurance program
Changes to state employee premiums will hinge on how the Legislature treats Gov. Kay Ivey’s proposed budget and the response of the board overseeing it. William Ashmore, the chief operating officer for the State Employees’ Insurance Board (SEIB), said at the board’s meeting on Tuesday that he would have liked to see the governor’s recommendation […]
How state employees can make suggestions to make things more efficient
Imagine a giant suggestion box for state employees. Then imagine there was just one idea in it. That was the scenario the state’s Employee Suggestion Review Board faced at its quarterly meeting Monday. And the one suggestion had to be rejected. It had neither the approval of an agency head nor a required cost estimate. […]