Furloughs could prove costly to UNC Healthcare

Posted: May. 28 5:25 p.m.
Updated: May. 28 7:33 p.m.

Chapel Hill, N.C. — UNC Healthcare officials are scrambling to find ways to furlough physicians, nurses and other workers under budget-cutting measures ordered by Gov. Beverly Perdue.

Perdue last month said all state workers needed to take a 0.5 percent pay cut to help balance the state budget, and workers will take 10 extra hours off in exchange for the cut.

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“We are all state employees,” said Karen McCall, UNC Healthcare vice president for public affairs and marketing. “It’s going to be expensive for us.”

‘Nuff said.