Layoff Notices Sent To State Employees As Threat Of Government Shutdown Looms

CBS Minnesota

June 2, 2021

Tens of thousands of state of Minnesota employees received layoff notices that their jobs could be in jeopardy should the Legislature not agree to and pass a budget at the end of the month.

Lawmakers at the state capitol adjourned last month without sorting out the details of a $52 billion two-year budget or finding compromise on key policy proposals within the split legislative body. Leaders promised that come mid-June for a special session, the work would be complete.

But now as the clock ticks into the final month of the fiscal year, there’s preparation for the worst case scenario: a government shutdown that would leave state employees laid off or on unpaid leaves of absence until state agencies are funded.

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