PIERRE - The South Dakota State Employees Organization plans to press for a salary change when the 2009 Legislature convenes.

Organization executive director Corey Landeen says the group wants to eliminate a salary policy that provides additional money each year for workers who are below the midpoint of their salary ranges.

He says employees who get to the midpoint often find that it becomes a barrier to additional raises in the future.

Landeen says the State Employees Organization also will request that it be given earlier information on proposed changes in health benefits.