Layoffs Spread To UConn Medical Center As Connecticut Works To Cut Costs

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Layoffs of state workers continued Monday, as 89 employees of the UConn Health Center received pink slips, according to the Connecticut Post.

Gov. Dannel Malloy
Photo Credit: *Jay Polansky, File*

Daily Voice

04/19/2016 9:48 p.m.

The state has now laid off 477 workers as it continues to cut costs due to a $922 million budget shortfall in the next fiscal year, the Post said.

The UConn Health Center employees all worked for the state Department of Correction’s inmate medical-care program, the Post said.

Gov. Dannel Malloy has said that the state is looking to lay off nearly 2,000 workers because of the budget shortfall.

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