Alabama State University Plans to Furlough Employees, Raise Insurance Rates

Alabama State University plans to implement mandatory furloughs for all employees and increase employees’ health insurance contributions in response to the latest financial crisis for the beleaguered Montgomery college.

According to a number of employees who contacted APR, the school informed its workers and faculty on Tuesday that a proposed work-around to a recent board of trustees decision not to raise tuition is to require all employees to serve a one-day-per-month furlough.

ASU officials acknowledged the furloughs proposal but declined to comment on the record.

For an employee earning $50,000 annually, the 12 furlough days would knock approximately $2,300 off.

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