Layoff Notices Out Today and Tomorrow for EIU Employees

Layoff notices are being delivered today and tomorrow to almost 200 civil service employees at Eastern Illinois University.

The campus community was notified earlier this week by EIU President David Glassman of the impending layoffs. In a letter, Glassman wrote, "I would like to re-emphasize that the entirety of our cost reduction activities that are being implemented this month and continuing in March (with layoffs and furloughs) is the direct result of not having an appropriation for EIU enacted by the state and not receiving funds for MAP grants that were committed to our students by the state (which we honored)".

The layoffs are to begin Saturday, March 12. 

In addition to layoffs, all A&P employees (beginning on March 1) will be required to take the equivalent of one day of furlough per week, each month, until further notification or up until June 30. For those employees who were already required to take a specific number of furlough days, these days will be added until an employee has reached a total of 24 furlough days, when they will reach the maximum furlough limit.

As to hope that anything might happen soon to change things, Glassman wrote, "There is very little additional news from Springfield".