Miramar will furlough employees until December to curb COVID-19-related financial struggles
The City of Miramar will be partially furloughing all of its employees until the end of the year because of the continuing novel coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday, Miramar City Manager Vernon Hargray sent a memo to all city employees detailing how workers will be furloughed for one work day every week starting June 11 until Dec. 9.
“Currently, the organization has made the difficult decision that it must implement certain measures to protect the financial stability of the City,” Hargray said in the memo.
Miramar city employees will be furloughed for eight hours each week. This would translate to one day, or shift, being taken off during a regular 40-hour work week.
The memo said each of the city’s unions have been told of the change to work schedules and a reevaluation will be done of the city’s financial situation at a later date.
“I am dedicated to making sure that we retain all our employees through this unprecedented time,” Hargray said. “We are hopeful that this crisis will end soon and that the City will be able to overcome its financial difficulties for the good of the City, its residents and you the employees.”
In Miami Beach, 35 full-time employees were furloughed and 258 part-time employees were laid off. City Manager Jimmy Morales, City Attorney Raul Aguila and City Clerk Rafael Granado will also take 10-day furloughs. Employees working for them will take five-day furloughs.
In early April, Monroe County commissioners voted to furlough 61 employees to make-up for revenue losses in the tourism-dependent Florida Keys.
The city of Oakland Park in Broward County is furloughing most city employees other than first responders for one day every two weeks, which amounts to a 10% pay cut.
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