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Those positions that are vacated as a result of the severance program will be scrutinized by several “work review” groups to decide whether to eliminate the position or refill it. According to an informational packet sent to eligible employees in late February, the HMS administration will make every effort to avoid hiring new employees for the vacated positions. Meanwhile, supervisors are not permitted to recommend that staff members accept or deny the package, because employees who deny the package now and are laid off at a later date would not be eligible for its benefits...
...expansion of science research facilities at HMS has left the school with a number of new expenses, and the push to cut positions is part of an initiative to overcome a projected deficit, according to Executive Dean for Administration Eric Buehren...
...take it, you and everyone else at the Medical School can be involuntarily laid off after the fact,” said Anne Frankel, a Library Assistant at Countway Medical Library who has been working at HMS for 13 years. “They’re trying to get rid of the people who are costing them more, giving them an incentive to leave and making it inviting...
...HMS staff members have taken the proposal in stride...
Buehrens cited a slow year at the National Institute of Health—which funds many HMS grants—and its reluctance to pay for new labs and new faculty as reasons for the severance program’s launch...