Denver Changes Layoff Rules as City Faces $250 Million Budget Shortfall
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Denver board votes to eliminate seniority-based layoffs, will now consider merit
DENVER (KDVR) — Despite a rally by Denver city employees on Tuesday morning, the Denver Career Services Board voted 4 to 1 to change how Denver's layoffs are enacted. City employees, alongside a coalition of labor unions that represent city workers, say the rule change "will endanger the livelihoods" of Denver's city workers. The rule change means that a longstanding seniority-based system for determining layoffs will be replaced with a "merit-b…
Denver will now consider merit when deciding who is laid off in upcoming cuts — reducing role of seniority
Managers in Denver city departments will consider some merit-based factors rather than just seniority when deciding who they will lay off to help fill a $200 million budget hole under changes approved Tuesday by the Career Service Board. Four of the board’s five members supported the changes following a four-hour meeting. The decision came just weeks before Mayor Mike Johnston’s administration is expected to begin layoffs of city employees. Whil…
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