HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Hinds County may soon boost pay for its Public Works employees.
Public Works Director Dexter Shelby told supervisors that staring salaries of just more than $21,000 a year makes it hard to attract and keep qualified workers. That breaks down to $10.09 an hour before taxes.
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“Very important for us to be able to pay qualified candidates to come work. With that pay, we could possibly keep them longer. So, it’s really important for us to have what we need to hire the folks that we want to hire,” said Shelby.
Supervisors and the Public Works Department said the low pay is driving a labor shortage. Even with a raise last year, county leaders said it’s still not enough…