Mote announces furlough schedule

Employees will lose between 2 and 10 days' pay

Published: Saturday, September 19, 2009

Updated: Monday, September 21, 2009 00:09

Furlough days

2 days: $29,999 and under
3 days: $30,000-$49,999
4 days: $50,000-$69,999
5 days: $70,000-$89,999
6 days: $90,000-$114,999
7 days: $115,000-$139,999
8 days: $140,000-$169,999
9 days: $170,000-$199,999
10 days: $200,000+

Exempt employees

100 percent grant-funded employees
Student hourly employees
Graduate assistants
H1-B visa holders
Nonexempt, Contingent 1 staff
Exempt, Contingent 1 staff
Hourly faculty
Non-regular, non-tenured faculty
Faculty and staff appointed on or after Feb. 1, 2010

University employees will be required to take between two and 10 furlough days this year, university President Dan Mote announced in an e-mail today.

The plan does not include any exemption for low-salary workers, but grant-funded employees, hourly-paid student employees, hourly faculty, graduate assistants and staff in several other groups will not have their pay reduced.

The furloughs will begin Sept. 27 and continue through May. Included in the plan are four days when the university will close, two in each of the winter and spring breaks.

This announcement comes after the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents approved a $26 million system-wide furlough Friday.

Under the plan, the university is expected to save $10.2 million.

"Regrettably, the State's financial emergency continues and we expect our budget reductions to continue," Mote wrote, noting that the budget "remains $300 million out of balance."

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