Mandatory Furlough for state employees in California

State workers will be taking two days off a month without pay after a judge sides with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A Sacramento County judge ruled Schwarzenegger had the authority to put furloughs in place.

State employee unions call the decision “devastating.”

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Posted in * Economics, Politics, Economy, Politics in General, State Government, The Credit Freeze Crisis of Fall 2008/The Recession of 2007--

4 comments on “Mandatory Furlough for state employees in California

  1. libraryjim says:

    my sister-in-law’s husband worked for the Canadian Government for years. He was given one month (of his choice) ‘off’ without pay every year. It was routine, and they budgeted for it, even planning their vacations to the States so that they would take his annual leave in conjunction with that month so they had a nice long vacation.

  2. Chris says:

    welcome to the real world, state employees. It’s about time you dealt with what the rest of us do……

  3. Harvey says:

    The California governor didn’t have much choice since he has a multi-billion cash shortage that isn’t going away too soon; if ever.

  4. Jeffersonian says:

    I read the other day that the CA State Comptroller was refusing to honor the furlough. Any update on that?