MADISON - A state agency has
tentatively approved a University of Wisconsin System plan that
would give campuses flexibility in implementing a mandatory
furlough order.
Gov. Jim Doyle had ordered 16
unpaid furlough days for all state workers over the next two years
to help close a $6.6 billion state budget shortfall.
His plan specified the dates of
four furlough days per year. But UW President Kevin Reilly said
some of the days could conflict with class schedules.
So UW proposed a modified plan to
give each UW school leeway to choose which furlough days would be
mandatory.
UW spokesman David Giroux (zhuh-ROH')
says the state Office of State Employment Relations tentatively
approved the UW's plan Friday, pending "a few minor
tweaks."
