(left) Chancellor Coombe heading to work yesterdayFrom: DU Clarion
by Sara Castellanos
At least 111 staff members have applied for voluntary severance from DU as a result of the financial crisis affecting the university and other schools nationwide.
The figure was supplied by Dick Gartrell, director of Human Resources.
In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff on Nov. 19, Chancellor Robert Coombe unveiled the voluntary severance program, in which staff members who willingly left DU would receive a lump-sum payment equal to six months' salary.
Full and part-time benefitted staff and union employees with at least one year of service were eligible to sign up for the voluntary leave by Dec. 24.
In a memo to faculty and staff on Dec. 15, Gartrell detailed a second wave of staff employee severance as part of a "targeted reduction program," or the possibility of staff firings which would commence this month.
He said any individual whose position is eliminated as a result of this realignment will be offered a severance package that will consist of a lump-sum payment equal to their salary until June 30.
"Decisions regarding unit realignment and the related reductions, if any, in staff positions will be made early in the new calendar year only after we have had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of the voluntary separation program," Gartrell wrote.
He also wrote that the university will provide two workshops early this month and in February that will provide support and assistance to staff members preparing materials for a job search. [read rest of article]
by Sara Castellanos
At least 111 staff members have applied for voluntary severance from DU as a result of the financial crisis affecting the university and other schools nationwide.
The figure was supplied by Dick Gartrell, director of Human Resources.
In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff on Nov. 19, Chancellor Robert Coombe unveiled the voluntary severance program, in which staff members who willingly left DU would receive a lump-sum payment equal to six months' salary.
Full and part-time benefitted staff and union employees with at least one year of service were eligible to sign up for the voluntary leave by Dec. 24.
In a memo to faculty and staff on Dec. 15, Gartrell detailed a second wave of staff employee severance as part of a "targeted reduction program," or the possibility of staff firings which would commence this month.
He said any individual whose position is eliminated as a result of this realignment will be offered a severance package that will consist of a lump-sum payment equal to their salary until June 30.
"Decisions regarding unit realignment and the related reductions, if any, in staff positions will be made early in the new calendar year only after we have had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of the voluntary separation program," Gartrell wrote.
He also wrote that the university will provide two workshops early this month and in February that will provide support and assistance to staff members preparing materials for a job search. [read rest of article]
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