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Charleston Daily Mail FOR years now, state government has had difficulty filling certain positions. The one-size-fits-all approach to government pay has left many shoes unfilled. Three counties in the Northern Panhandle, among others, suffer shortages of child protective service workers.

Logan and Mingo counties lack social workers. Pinecrest Hospital in Beckley needs health care service workers. The list goes on and on.

While state government and schools are the major employers in just about every county in West Virginia, in some areas the wages are not competitive. The state cannot -- and should not -- raise the wages of all 45,000 state workers because of a few shortages. It can offer bonuses to recruit workers in the more competitive areas to fill those holes.

A circuit court order allowed the state to offer an extra month's salary of $1,692 to recruits to fill child protective service jobs in Berkeley and Wood counties. "It was a short-term solution that worked," said Diane Holley, spokeswoman for the Department of Administration. Now lawmakers are seeking to codify this approach.

Personnel officials would work out the details later. Said Brent Walker, spokesman for the Division of Highways: "We're always having to think about how we can make ourselves attractive to college graduates." The reality is that some areas of the state are more attractive to potential employees than others.

The reality also is that some areas of the state offer more opportunities for workers. This bill is a good approach to those realities.