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But these are not new employees to the civil service system. These are state employees that previously worked in New Orleans but were displaced because of the storm. One of the people who went along with these employees keeping their present salaries, our department manger, is also displaced...

I am a Louisiana state civil service employee in the medical field. Before hurricane Katrina and even now our facility has had trouble hiring new employees because of the pay rate not being competitive with other hospitals. However, years after the storm, there have been a steady stream of...