Fun with furloughs
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Fun with furloughs

Posted by JP on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 14:26

Gov. Pat Quinn's billion-dollar budget cuts calls on state workers taking a dozen unpaid furlough days this budget year. The catch is that there's no provision for furloughs in the state's contract with its employees' union. So the union would have to agree to the furloughs. As of this afternoon, the union says there's been no formal request for furloughs or for that matter notices of layoffs. The contract requires 30 days notice.

Perhaps Quinn could announce furloughs like this (from the1958 Blake Edwards film "The Perfect Furlough").