(BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala.) - Baldwin County District Attorney Hallie Dixon is defending her decision to cut some salaries and lay off three employees.
Alabama law allows Dixon to make changes to the amount of money her workers make, but some employees say they were not properly warned how drastic the changes would be.
One employee says her yearly salary was cut by $18,000 which is about $600 dollars a paycheck. She also told LOCAL 15 News she did not learn about the cut until payday.
Dixon's office disputes the claim. It says she gave all employees a letter in November notifying them they would have to reapply for jobs and expect pay cuts.
"Whatever cuts come, its going to be very steep at the end of the fiscal year," Chief Assistant District Attorney Rushing Payne said. "We are having to make those adjustments now instead of waiting until we actually find out exactly the amount of the decrease. We could be worse off and have to make even more changes."
Two victim's services officers and one part time investigator were laid off last week.
