Employee layoffs likely as UW grapples with budget cuts

[TexasTowelie]

The University of Wyoming will likely lay off employees in the coming weeks as the state’s sole four-year college grapples with more than $40 million in budget cuts.

Exactly how many staff members are likely to lose their jobs — and how much UW hopes to save by laying them off — is still up in the air, university spokesman Chad Baldwin said. The number will likely be less than 50.

Any employee served with a pink slip will find out in mid-May and at the latest be gone from the university by June 30.

Baldwin said Monday that any layoffs would not include faculty members.

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[2naSalit]

1. They, Wyoming legislature also...

began a hiring freeze for all state jobs today. The exceptions are UW and corrections.