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Layoffs, re-org at TYC Central Admin

According to Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman:Twenty-three jobs have been eliminated at the Texas Youth Commission?s Austin headquarters and 12 other positions will be frozen to save $1.7 million, officials said late this afternoon. Seven employees are being laid off. The rest of the cuts are in vacant jobs. Jim Hurley, the agency?s spokesman, would not discuss who was laid off. ?We?re not commenting on any names,? Hurley said, noting that the affected employees were given notice yesterday. ?This was middle to top level.? The layoffs will become effective at the end of November, officials said, and are part of a management reorganization ? the fourth in two years at the agency.In an email to TYC staff announcing the changes, Executive Commissioner Cherie Townsend said: One of the hardest jobs for any administrator is making tough decisions that affect our friends and colleagues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 09, 2008 (boomark / email).