Posted on 08/24/2020 6:12:27 PM PDT by buckalfa
CLEMSON, SC (WSPA) – Clemson University said they are instituting a furlough program for more than half of their employees due to financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Clemson employees must take furlough days between September 1 and December 31, the university said.
Employees making under $50,000 will not be furloughed, according to the university.
In addition, the university said that President James Clements and all athletics employees making more than $400,000 have voluntarily taken at least a 10 percent pay cut.
Details on the furloughs:
Employees must take their required number of days off without pay between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31. State law prohibits employees from working while on furlough, and days must be taken in full-day increments.
Nine-month employees with partial-day furlough responsibility must take full-day increments with the exception of the partial-day balance. (i.e., Those with 2.3 days must take two full days and .3 of a day.) Employees will continue to receive health care, retirement and other benefits while on furlough, and will be credited for their state employee service time. Employees may not use annual leave, compensatory time, their optional holiday, or sick leave to offset the impact of the furlough.
Affected employees will receive individual communications via email from the University’s Office of Human Resources detailing specifics of their furlough.
It’s absurd that a ball coach gets so much off the taxpayers.
I was one of many lowly working state employees who was never favored with merit raises. The majority of us did actual jobs.
Good! The entire education system needs an overhaul. I’ll even support bailing out student loan debt if it means completely abolishing all federal funding & involvement of education going forward. These universities are nothing more than training grounds for young Marxists.
defund college athletics, especially college football. espn can find a new whore - with any luck, espn simply goes out of business. the nfl can pay for a farm system if it wants one.
reestablish college athletics as college athletics.
Give rugby clubs a chance.
No pads there
Boo boo. Welcome to the rest of the world.
I do believe thT All Big Ten coaches should give up 90% of their salaries
Dabo to take a $680K cut in pay.
Dabo to take a $680K cut in pay.
There is such an enormous amount of waste and inefficiency in the colleges today that these furloughs will only have a financial impact. This is the purpose. Otherwise, not one of these employees will be missed as far as getting the job done. At most colleges and universities the ratio is one employee for every 5 to 9 students. All of the public institutions follow the same model, and they all waste vast amounts of money in the form of salaries for unneeded and useless jobs.
Universities are THE major employer in a frightening number of localities in this country.
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