Saturday 18 February 2012

Kansas City cuts 416 jobs - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Mary Charles, communications director for the said that 141 of the positions are filled and that 275are vacant. The cuts represent 10.2 percent of the city’es work force of 4,066. In a release, the city said that additional positions may beeliminated later. Of the 141 fillec positions eliminated, 123 are management positions, and 18 are labor The city isn't disclosing yet which departments thelayoffx affected. The city is offering severance pay, continuationn of insurance benefitsthrougg COBRA, outplacement services and a city-sponsoref employee-assistance program. The job cuts come as a significangt cost-cutting feature in the ’s reconciliation of a $1.
286 billion budget that included patching upan $87 millionh shortfall. The City Councik . In addition to the job the budget includes a salary freeze for city employees and a reductionb ofemployee benefits.

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