With a tax cap that could be as low as.0015 percent, we can not sustain increases in health insurance and cost-of-living allowances without new sources of revenue.
One year after workers pass through the progression, they then catch up entirely to any other negotiated wage increases and cost-of-living allowance payments that have occurred in the interim.
Some companies, recognizing that they're sending their employees into areas that are much pricier than where they're coming from, offer cost-of-living allowances.
