Friday, January 23, 2009

City of Austin freezes hiring and wages

From Austin Business Journal, January 16, 2009...

Citing the effect of current economic woes, the city of Austin is enacting a hiring freeze effective immediately.

City Manager Marc Ott sent a memo to all city employees on Friday detailing a plan to put a hold on all new hires.

Ott also said he is postponing the second phase of an annual review of the city’s wages that was scheduled to occur this month, effectively freezing employees’ wages.

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