layoffs

Furloughs and layoffs are being reported across the state.

As the organization continues to find ways to make up for substantial operating losses, about 50 employees were laid off from Southcoast Health on Friday.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Baker's administration says the state's budget is nearly $300 million out of balance. The announcement on Friday is likely to lead to spending cuts and a reduction of the state's workforce. Secretary of Administration and Finance Kristen Lepore said in a letter that the projected $294 million deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1 is partly the result of sales tax re

Attleboro is expected to lay off 64 teachers due to budget issues.

The City of New Bedford is trying to offset mounting costs by putting a freeze on new hires. Mayor Jon Mitchell ordered the freeze Tuesday, saying expenses the City has no control over are putting too much of a strain on New Bedford's finances...

Southcoast Health has announced they will be laying off 70 employees. Spokesman Peter Cohenno says the organization has experienced a three percent shortfall in their operating budget and they will have to make some "reductions in expenditures" as a result...

Part-time workers at the Market Basket supermarket chain have been told they will no longer be on the schedule, as of Sunday. Store shelves have been empty and customers staying away due to a protest from workers. The company released a statement saying store directors are responsible for determining appropriate staffing levels, and the company did not want to lay anyone off...

The City Council is next in line to take a close look at the Fiscal Year 2014 New Bedford School Budget. The School Committee passed the $109-million budget Thursday night, including the layoffs of 250 positions. Fine Arts positions, librarians, nurses, and others will be laid off in addition to more than 100 teachers if the budget is finalized by the City Council...

There are other cuts that can be made without putting teachers on the chopping block first. That's the word from New Bedford Educators Association President Lou St. John as the school committee weighs laying off 250 people, at least 100 of them teachers...

Shaw's parent company Supervalu has announced the layoffs of 700 part-time Shaw's employees throughout New England.