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| Prison employees escape layoffs |
| By Alan Johnson |
| Published: 04/08/2009 |
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In today's eroding economy, this is news: The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will not lay off 500 employees. The agency that runs 30 state prisons said as recently as late February that it would be forced to make deep personnel cuts affecting 500 union and non-union employees. Many are in central office operations in Columbus, while others are in prisons around the state and include parole officers, chaplains and prison case managers. However, prisons chief Terry Collins sent a letter to all employees on Friday informing them that there would be no "massive job abolishments or reductions" at this time. Collins said the budget appears to be "tight but manageable." He did not rule out the potential need for future layoffs. That is a major turnaround from Feb. 2, when Gov. Ted Strickland released his executive budget proposal. That day, Collins put out a memo saying that 500 positions would be eliminated "that will affect all areas of this agency." He reaffirmed the 500 layoffs in a Feb. 20 memo to his staff when the state filed a required "intent to lay off" notice with the Department of Administrative Services. But then two things happened: The state got a big chunk of money from the federal stimulus package (including $59 million for the prisons), and the Ohio Civil Services Employees Association ratified a contract that includes no pay raises and 10-day, unpaid furloughs for all employees. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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