UMass Boston to lay off dozens, slash hours in effort to reduce $30M deficit - WHDH

The University of Massachusetts Boston announced Wednesday that 36 employees will receive layoff notices and seven workers will have their work hours reduced under a plan to balance its budget and reduce a multi-million dollar deficit. “The staffing reduction decisions that have been made were driven by the financial and operational challenges that our campus faces,” Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Marie H. Bowen noted in a message sent to members of the UMass Boston community. Of the 43 people being affected, 14 are members of the university’s classified staff and 29 are from the professional staff, according to the school. http://whdh.com/news/local-university-to-lay-off-dozens-slash-hours-in-effort-to-reduce-30m-deficit/