CCS employees will be getting a bigger paycheck soon. EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Tribal Council unanimously approved a budget increase for Cherokee Centrals Schools (CCS) during Annual Council on Monday [Oct. 24] which is intended to increase the minimum wage of CCS employees to 15 dollars per hour and incorporate a scaled living wage adjustment for those already above that minimum. That wage adjustment ranges from three to six percent based on current salary, with those on the lower end getting a higher increase. The EBCI made the same move for tribal employees, who got raises as of this month.
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