Updated 12/30/20, 11:59 a.m.
It s official: any furloughs of state workers will not begin until July 1 at the earliest. Governor David Ige says that s because of the latest federal COVID-19 relief measure just signed by President Donald Trump.
Earlier this month, Ige said he expected to start twice a month furlough days in January.
While the latest federal relief package does not contain direct aid to the state, there will be funding for testing and contact tracing. That should help free up other state funding to delay the furloughs, which would have amounted to a pay cut of about 9%.
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It s official: any furloughs of state workers will not begin until July 1 at the earliest. Governor David Ige says that s because of the latest federal COVID-19 relief measure just signed by President Donald Trump.
Earlier this month, Ige said he expected to start twice a month furlough days in January.
While the latest federal relief package does not contain direct aid to the state, there will be funding for testing and contact tracing. That should help free up other state funding to delay the furloughs, which would have amounted to a pay cut of about 9%.
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