NCDHHS employees set to demand higher pay from lawmakers

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- State health and human services workers are set to demand higher pay.

More than 600 NCDHHS employees will deliver a petition today to the General Assembly calling for bonuses and pay raises.

It comes after a November report showed the state agency has $386 million in lapsed salary funds this after 340 positions were never advertised or posted.

DHHS employees say they continue to suffer while the agency sits on so much money.

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