Gov. Brown Orders Hiring Freeze

[villager]

Source: CBS

Gov. Brown Orders Hiring Freeze


SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Governor Jerry Brown announced Tuesday he is issuing an immediate and “comprehensive” hiring freeze for state jobs.

Brown’s executive order calls for “strong measures” to help close the estimated $25 billion deficit, and comes on the heels of his other orders to cut state cell phone and vehicle use by 50 percent. “We must do everything possible to save money and make government leaner and more efficient,” Brown said in a press release.

The language of the order prevents state departments from hiring new workers — including contract and temporary workers — converting part time positions to full time or transferring employees between departments.

The only exceptions are for “essential” positions, such as disaster response workers or employees who care for patients in 24-hour care facilities. Revenue collection positions and critical functions can also make hires with the approval of Governor Brown’s office.

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Read more: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/02/15/gov-brown-orders-hiring-freeze/

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Wow. Not even any temps...

[generalbetrayus]

1. We'll see how that goes.

I'm a state government employee in Colorado. When we most recently instituted a hiring "freeze", it was amazing how many positions suddenly became "essential". Not complaining, mind you, the pretense of having a freeze saved some people some jobs, but it was kind of a sham. Even bigger sham, we had furlough days for all but "essential" employees the fiscal year before this one. They decided to can the furloughs for this fiscal year after it turned out 51 percent of state employees were not furloughed because they were "essential"...