Furloughs and Pay Cuts Announced for U of Arizona Employees

The measures are an attempt to mitigate an “extreme financial crisis” during the COVID-19 pandemic, the university says.

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Faculty and staff at the University of Arizona will be subject to temporary furloughs and pay cuts through June 30, 2021 due to the financial strains of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement released by the university’s department of human resources on Friday (April 17). Like many institutions, the university had previously moved all spring classes online and canceled or rescheduled its events. It is also weathering increased technology costs and a projected decline in tuition revenue. The press release states that the changes in employee compensation, set to begin on May 11, are necessary because of an “extreme financial crisis resulting from the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The furlough program for 2020 and 2021 will be implemented based on salary range. Employees who earn up to $44,499 will take 13 furlough days totaling 104 hours; those who earn between $44,500 and $75,000 ...

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Amy Schleunes
A former intern at The Scientist, Amy studied neurobiology at Cornell University and later earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Iowa. She is a Los Angeles–based writer, editor, and communications strategist who collaborates on nonfiction books for Harper Collins and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and also teaches writing at Johns Hopkins University CTY. Her favorite projects involve sharing the insights of science and medicine.
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