Post by Bornthrilla on Mar 26, 2009 8:05:21 GMT -5
Layoffs begin at UNCG
Thursday, March 26
( updated 5:11 am)
By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO — The layoff process has begun at UNCG as the school tries to cut its budget by up to 7 percent in the coming year.
More than 100 employees could lose their jobs, including dozens of faculty.
Chancellor Linda Brady announced the layoffs to students, staff and faculty in a letter Tuesday. Although the state’s budget process isn’t complete, she said, the university would need to cut staff now to pay accrued benefits before the cuts take effect July 1.
“We won’t know the size of the budget cuts, and the mix of one-time and permanent dollars required, until the General Assembly completes its work, the governor signs a budget and the UNC Board of Governors provides guidance for the campuses,” Brady wrote in the letter. “However, we do know the cuts will be larger than anything we’ve previously experienced.”
In December, each of the UNC system’s 16 campuses was asked to submit plans for budget cuts of 3, 5 and 7 percent.
Similar cuts are not yet under way at N.C. A&T and officials there said they did not know when expense reductions would begin.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2009/03/25/article/layoffs_begin_at_uncg
Contact Joe Killian at 373-7023 or joe.killian@news-record.com
Thursday, March 26
( updated 5:11 am)
By Joe Killian
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO — The layoff process has begun at UNCG as the school tries to cut its budget by up to 7 percent in the coming year.
More than 100 employees could lose their jobs, including dozens of faculty.
Chancellor Linda Brady announced the layoffs to students, staff and faculty in a letter Tuesday. Although the state’s budget process isn’t complete, she said, the university would need to cut staff now to pay accrued benefits before the cuts take effect July 1.
“We won’t know the size of the budget cuts, and the mix of one-time and permanent dollars required, until the General Assembly completes its work, the governor signs a budget and the UNC Board of Governors provides guidance for the campuses,” Brady wrote in the letter. “However, we do know the cuts will be larger than anything we’ve previously experienced.”
In December, each of the UNC system’s 16 campuses was asked to submit plans for budget cuts of 3, 5 and 7 percent.
Similar cuts are not yet under way at N.C. A&T and officials there said they did not know when expense reductions would begin.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2009/03/25/article/layoffs_begin_at_uncg
Contact Joe Killian at 373-7023 or joe.killian@news-record.com
