The University of Illinois, facing a $400-million budget shortfall, will require administrators to take 10-day furloughs and other staff members to take four unpaid days off in the first half of 2010, in a move that will affect 11,000 employees, the university’s interim president announced today. The university has also instituted a freeze on hiring and salary increases, effective immediately. The state’s budget crisis, which has caused the university’s shortfall, is compounding an already difficult academic year for the university, which is still recovering from an admissions scandal last year that led to the departure of its president.
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2 Responses to U. of Illinois to Furlough 11,000 Employees and Freeze Hiring
dmaratto - January 5, 2010 at 4:47 pm
They can save a lot of money by actually firing Dick Herman and Joe White, who continue to receive their massive salaries as “faculty members” even though they resigned from their administrative jobs due to scandal. Disgusting. Chris Kennedy is getting a letter soon from me. How can they ask anyone to take furloughs while these two clowns are getting rewarded for their misbehavior?
director19 - January 6, 2010 at 2:35 pm
thank god for unions. Where would all these clowns be without them?