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Alabama
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The state's personnel board has approved rules that will allow financially troubled agencies to furlough employees up to 24 days a year. However, currently furloughs in Alabama have been blocked by a legislative committee and they have not gone into effect. In the final budget, the governor said he would leave the issue of mandatory furloughs up to the state agency heads.
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Alaska
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Arizona
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The state has laid off 1,000 tax auditors, benefits screeners, and other state employees.
The Arizona Department of Transportation will lay off 115 people by the end of calendar 2009. Most of the employees are customer services representatives for the Motor Vehicle Division. The move will likely increase the 25-minute average waiting time at MVD offices.
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While furloughs have not been implemented at a stateside level, individual departments have responded to budget cuts with furloughs.
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Arkansas
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California
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As of September 2009, 20,000 teachers have been laid off.
Governor has proposed laying off 5,000 state employees in human services and the department of corrections and rehabilitation including support positions. Currently, corrections projections are 600-900 employees and is pending final approval.
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The enacted budget continued the governor’s 2-day per month furlough program. Since the budget was approved, however, the number has been raised to 3 days (the first three Fridays of each month through June 2010). The furlough program affects 189,000 state employees and reduces pay by roughly 5%. The furloughs are expected to save the state 2.2 billion in payroll costs. A judge halted the furlough program for the 7,500 employees of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, finding the furloughs to be illegal because of a state insurance law that forbids staff cutbacks within the agency. The state now must pay workers back, with interest, for the 16 furlough days they have taken so far.
In the University of California system, more than 108.000 full-time equivalent positions, UC faculty and staff will be required to take from 11 to 26 furlough days – amounting to a salary reduction of 4% to 10% over the 12 months beginning Sept. 30, 2009. The furlough plan is expected to save the UC system $184.1 million in payroll savings.
California State University trustees have ordered all full-time faculty to take 24 unpaid furlough days this year. That amounts to about a 10% pay cut. The measure is expected to save the Cal State system $275 million in payroll over a 12 month period.
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Colorado
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Post-enactment of the budget, governor has called for the elimination of up to 266 state employees.
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State employees as a result of the final budget reduction measures will see department payrolls reduced by 1.82%. Four furlough days will be required for state employees.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor announced an additional four furlough days – bringing the total number of furlough days to eight for FY 2010. The furloughs affect about 15,500 state employees. The eight furlough days are expected to save about $27.2 million.
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Connecticut
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Enacted budget furloughs 50,000 state employees for 7 days over 2 years.
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Delaware
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Enacted budget eliminated 485 state employee positions through attrition – no one will be laid off. The measure will save about $13.75 million in FY 2010.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor announced an additional 525 state jobs that have been marked for elimination. Most of the vacancies are in the Dept. of Health and Social Services and the Dept. of Corrections.
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Enacted budget contains five furlough days for state employees.
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Florida
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Georgia
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Enacted budget requires all state agencies to cut 5% from their spending plans. Some agencies have implemented furloughs to meet the required budget cuts.
The Department of Human Services will furlough the agency’s 9,000 workers for 12 days over FY 2010. The DHS furloughs will save $23 million in FY 2010.
Post-enactment, the governor has ordered three furlough days for state employees, and many school districts are requiring teachers take three furlough days. The Dept. of Education will have furloughed its employees five days before the year's end.
The Georgia Supreme Court justices and court staff, and Georgia Court of Appeals justices and its staff will take three furlough days before the end of calendar year 2009.
Post-enactment, Georgia's Board of Regents approved six furlough days for employees at public colleges and universities, effecting some 40, 000 employees which is estimated to save the state $42 million.
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Hawaii
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Lawmakers eliminated 200 state jobs to ease the deficit.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has ordered 650 layoffs of state workers starting in November 2009. The original projection was 1,000 workers. But some state employees "bumped" workers with lower-level seniority.
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Governor has ordered three days of unpaid furloughs each month for two years for the state's 40,000 employees. The furloughs amount to a pay cut of almost 14%. The governor has also asked the legislative and judicial branches to impose furloughs. Additionally it has been proposed that agencies not directly overseen by the governor will receive reductions in budget allocations by amounts comparable to a 3 day-per-month furlough. However, a Circuit Court judge ruled that unilateral furloughs violate collective bargaining agreements. The governor has since ordered two furlough days a month for herself, her cabinet, and deputies.
The governor and the Hawaii Government Employees Association have agreed to 18 furlough days in FY 2010 and 24 furlough days in FY 2011. The agreement was ratified by a vote of union members.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has ordered 3-day a month furloughs for non-union state workers.
The governor imposed spending restrictions on public schools. The state independent school board, who governs teachers, had called for a combined total of 34 teacher furlough days to implement the budget cuts, affecting some 13,000 teachers.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has proposed using $50 million from the state's rainy-day funds to reduce 12 furlough days and switch 15 furlough days to teacher planning days, eliminating 27 furlough days in all. Early December 2009, the Hawaii State Teachers Association began analyzing the proposal and formulating its response.
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Idaho
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Enacted budget laid off 69 state employees. The Corrections Department has eliminated 44 positions.
Proposed layoffs for 100 state employees. The state considered laying off 63 part-time employees who help collect sales tax.
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Enacted budget requires agencies to cut personnel costs by 5%. Some agencies have implemented furloughs to cut costs. In FY 2010,, 3,710 employees have taken unpaid furloughs. In the Corrections Department, all workers must take 4-12 furlough days in FY 2010.
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Illinois
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Governor has ordered the elimination of 2,600 state jobs. The layoffs would include 1,000 prison workers, 870 human services workers, more than 300 State Police employees, and others from various agencies. On September 28, 2009 a judge issued a preliminary injunction against the layoff plan, putting the layoffs on hold.
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Governor has proposed a mandatory 12-day furlough for state employees, other than those in vital functions. A state employees union has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the furloughs.
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Indiana
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor announced that state agencies will offer up to one month of voluntary unpaid leave to employees through the end of FY 2010.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor announced that state agencies may individually chose to implement mandatory furlough days to meet the across-the-board reductions that he ordered.
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Iowa
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor ordered across-the-board budget cuts of 10%. The Department of Corrections will implement those cuts by eliminating 262 vacant positions and laying off 515 employees.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor ordered across-the-board budget cuts of 10%. The governor approved plans by agency directors to lay off a total of 180 workers and eliminate 230 vacant positions. The governor has asked three unions to reopen contract negotiations in an effort to save more money. If the unions do not reopen contract negotiations the governor says he will lay off 515 corrections employees and 53 public safety workers.
Post-enactment of the budget, Iowa's Judicial Branch has laid off 118 employees and eliminated 86 positions statewide.
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Employees in the Attorney General’s office will take 13 or 14 furlough days in FY 2010. Employees making more than $50k annually are required to take an additional two furlough days.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has ordered seven days of furloughs for 3,258 workers not covered by union contracts. The measure is expected to save $16 million in FY 2010. In addition, the Dept. of Agriculture, will furlough non-contract employees for 12 days in FY 2010, instead of 7 furlough days like other state agencies.
Post-enactment of the budget, the state’s largest employee’s union, AFSME voted to allow all AFSME-covered employees take off five unpaid days beginning November 27 and ending June 11, 2010. AFSME employees sacrificed $75 a month in retirement contributions as part of assurances that 479 workers would not be immediately laid off.
Post-enactment of the budget, not bound under governor directives, Iowa's Judicial Branch is furloughing employees for 10 days before June 18, 2010.
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Kansas
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Higher education budget cuts in FY 2010 have forced higher education officials to cut nearly 800 jobs.
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Post-enactment of the budget, various state agencies plan to lay off 515 workers because of budget problems.
Governor has proposed eliminating 1,400 jobs, about 300 of which are currently filled.
House lawmakers have proposed eliminating 3,400 state government jobs.
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Maine
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Under the final budget, approximately 255 jobs will be eliminated. Many will be eliminated via attrition or eliminating vacant positions.
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Enacted budget shuts down non-essential government services and furloughs those employees for 20 days spread out over the next two years.
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Maryland
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Governor has eliminated more than 2,700 mostly vacant government positions.
Post-enactment of the budget, the Board of Public Works has approved the elimination of 364 positions, over 200 of which were filled. Update 11/18/09: Board of Public Works announced the layoff of an additional 70 employees.
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Post-enactment of the budget, the Board of Public Works has approved requiring all non-essential state workers (about 70,000 employees) to take anywhere from 3 to 10 furlough days, depending on their salary.
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Massachusetts
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Enacted budget eliminates 750 state positions.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has asked state employees unions to agree to concessions to close the budget gap. The governor indicated that without concessions up to 2,000 state jobs could be eliminated.
Since July 2009, the trial court system has had to lay off 570 employees.
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor asked executive branch managers to take an unpaid furlough of up to nine days.
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Michigan
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Enacted budget eliminates 320 positions in human services and cuts 10% across all state departments forcing eventual layoffs. Around 1,000 corrections positions are targeted for elimination. About 50 state troopers will remain on layoff status.
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Post-enactment of the budget update 12/17/09: The governor announced that around 4,300 unionized state employees will take five furlough days over the next nine months after failed negotiations on alternative concessions.
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Minnesota
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Mississippi
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Missouri
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The Division of State Parks laid off 100 of its 700 workers because of reduced sales tax revenue.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor announced the layoff of nearly 200 full-time and 500 part-time state employees.
Enacted budget cuts 1,329 state jobs.
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Montana
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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Enacted budget requires state workers to take one furlough day per month. Teachers and higher education employees will not have to take furlough days, but instead are subject to a 4.6% pay cut. Nevada correctional officers and other essential prison staff are exempted from the furlough plan through June 30, 2010. Savings of $333 million are expected.
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New Hampshire
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Enacted budget calls for 200 layoffs.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has announced that 250 workers will lose their jobs and another 60 will be demoted, and another 60 vacant positions will be eliminated, now that the state’s largest state employee union has rejected a contract that included 19 furlough days.
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Enacted budget includes 18 days of unpaid furloughs for most unionized state employees. The state employees union currently opposes the furloughs but the union is negotiating with the governor. The largest employees union rejected a tentative agreement with the governor’s administration that would have called for 19 unpaid days over two years, including 12 from government shutdowns. Workers would have been able to choose when to take the other seven days.
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New Jersey
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Under the enacted deal with the state employees union, if the governor imposes layoffs before 2011, every worker will immediately receive a delayed 3.5% pay raise.
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Enacted budget requires 10 unpaid furlough days for state workers. Furloughed workers will get up to 7 days paid leave in later fiscal years.
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New Mexico
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Post-enactment of the budget, the oil conservation division may require employee furloughs.
Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has implemented a statewide mandatory 5-day furlough plan affecting about 17,000 state employees. The plan provides a limited exemption for around 4,100 employees based on public safety, health and welfare reasons. The five days which start December 24th, 2009 and go through May 28, 2010 are estimated to save the state $8.1 million.
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New York
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Governor has proposed laying off 8,900 of the state's 200,000 employees if state's employee unions do not agree to the proposed furloughs and forgo a scheduled pay raise.
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Governor has proposed five days of unpaid furloughs for state employees.
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North Carolina
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Under the enacted budget about 725 state employees will lose their jobs. Additionally, another 1,318 vacant positions have been eliminated.
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North Dakota
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Ohio
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Enacted budget calls for about 3,000 layoffs.
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Enacted budget authorizes the Dept. of Administrative services to impose 10 mandatory furlough days for state employees.
The Ohio Civil Services Employee Association ratified a contract that includes 10 days of unpaid furloughs for all employees in its union.
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Oklahoma
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The 470 employees at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will be furloughed for 12 days, saving an estimated $1.2 million.
About 4,700 Dept. of Corrections employees will begin taking furloughs in March. Employees making $50,000 a year or more will take 12 furlough days between March and June. Employees making less than $50,000 a year will be required to take 10 furlough days.
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Oregon
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Lawmakers have proposed cutting 1,700 state positions. The layoffs include positions in education, human services, and public safety.
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Under the enacted budget state employees will take from 10-14 furlough days over FY 2010 and FY 2011. The contract was ratified by the state employees’ unions. The state will expect to save $2 million to $2.5 million in payroll costs each furlough day. Corrections workers are also subject to the furloughs, but they will take floating furlough days instead of taking them on the designated furlough days. This furlough program affects about 26,500 employees.
Oregon university employees will take between 8 and 16 mandatory furlough days over FY 2010 and FY 2011.
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Pennsylvania
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The proposed FY 2010 budget includes a reduction of 2,995 positions in the Pennsylvania's current authorized complement.
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The Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources has furloughed 9 employees, eliminated vacant salaried positions, reduced seasonal wage staff by 240 employees and reduced seasonal worker hours.
The Dept. of Environmental Protection has furloughed 96 employees and left 120 positions vacant.
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Puerto Rico
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In late September 2009, the governor announced 16,970 layoffs. Those affected will have their health insurance paid for six months, and are eligible for up to $5,000 per person for retraining and $2,500 for relocation if they find employment elsewhere. In Nov. 2009, a judge halted nearly 7,500 of these layoffs after receiving complaints that the territory’s government was not following proper procedure in issuing the dismissal letters. Those workers will remain in their jobs until Jan. 2010, which will give the government time to properly notify unions.
Nearly 8,000 government workers were laid off on May 29, 2009. Most of those employees were temporary clerical workers in the Education, Treasury, and Health Departments. Those affected will receive health insurance for 6 months.
Governor has proposed reducing the state workforce by 30,000 positions (14%).
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Rhode Island
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The Governor has proposed laying off 1,000 state workers after his furlough plan was stayed by the state supreme court. However, the governor indicated a preference to negotiate with the state employees union over laying off employees.
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor and several labor unions have reached an agreement to save the state in workforce costs. Under the agreement, all state workers would take eight unpaid days of work in calendar year 2009, four unpaid days in calendar year 2010. In addition, there would be a 6-month delay of a scheduled 2010 pay raise, there would be no more threats of furloughs, shutdown days, or layoffs until June 30, 2011, and state employees would be given the opportunity to recoup some of their lost pay or take bonus vacation days when they leave state service. Several state employees unions have tentatively accepted the deal. The governor has indicated that employees from the union(s) that do not accept the deal will be subject to layoffs. The largest employees union accepted the deal and 6 other unions are planning votes on the deal. As of 10/7/09 unions representing 7,000 of the state’s 11,000-plus unionized workers have ratified the deal.
Post enactment of the budget the governor has announced that state employees will be furloughed 12 days through the remainder of FY 2010. The furlough days will amount to around a 4.6% pay cut. Essential state services will not be subject to the furlough days but will see some reductions. Update 9/3/09: The State Supreme Court issued injunction against this plan.
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South Carolina
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Enacted budget allows state agencies to require up to 10 furlough days from employees.
10 day furloughs have been enacted for House full-time staffers.
Faculty and staff at S.C. State University are required to take 10 furlough days to help close its budget gap.
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Governor has proposed eliminating 80 filled positions.
Enacted budget calls for the elimination of 1400 positions, including 717 layoffs.
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Texas
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U. S. Virgin Islands
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Utah
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Failed: Lawmakers proposed implementing 11 days of optional furloughs for state employees and up to five days for public education employees. However this measure was not adopted.
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Vermont
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has proposed the layoff of 200-300 state employees. However, in October 2009 the governor’s administration announced that 37 state workers would be laid off. Another 123 positions were eliminated through 82 employees who accepted an early retirement offer and 40 vacant positions that were cut.
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Post-enactment of the budget, the governor has proposed that state employees take two furlough days, forfeit their health wellness program, and give up tuition reimbursement, as a part of the $7.5 million in workforce savings that the governor has called for.
Post-enactment of the budget, the state employee’s union has offered to forfeit pay for 4 previously paid holidays, take four furlough days, give up a preventative health benefit, and give up tuition reimbursement in order to obtain the $7.5 million in work force savings that the governor has called for. However, the governor has rejected the union’s proposal and indicated that he would proceed with layoffs. The governor indicated that his administration could not offer the guarantee sought by the union of no layoffs in the next two fiscal years.
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Virginia
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Post-enactment of the budget, the Governor has ordered the elimination of 929 state jobs, including 593 layoffs.
Post-enactment of the budget, the Governor has ordered laying off about 200 temporary and hourly wage employees who supplement the state’s full-time work force. The wage-worker reductions are anticipated to save $2.3 million.
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Post-enactment of the budget, the Governor has ordered a furlough of state employees on the Friday before Memorial Day 2010. The unpaid day off will not apply to critical personnel such as police and emergency crews.
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Washington
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Enacted budget eliminates about 7,000 jobs in state government agencies, universities, and local public schools.
Both the House and Senate are cutting their full-time staffs by 5%.
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Enacted budget could result in 1,110 state employees being laid-off.
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Enacted budget furloughs state workers 8 days-a-year for the next two years.
Legislative Assembly staff will be furloughed 16 days over the next two years. Legislators have been asked to return eight days of pay during each of the next two fiscal years.
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Wyoming
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District of Columbia
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160 D.C. child care workers are being laid off as at least 20 child care centers are being closed due to budget issues.
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Source: NCSL survey of state legislative fiscal offices: June 2009 and November 2008. Various media and government outlets: January through December 2009.
This table is intended to provide general information and does not necessarily address all aspects of this topic. The table reflects in summary form information gathered from media sources and NCSL surveys of legislative fiscal offices. Please contact us at budget.revenue.updates@ncsl.org if you know of any additional information that should be reflected here or any errors that should be corrected. |