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14 DCF employees laid off; total state employee layoffs up to nearly 700

HARTFORD–Another round of layoff notices were sent to state employees on Wednesday. Fourteen workers in the Department of Children and Families received n...

HARTFORD–Another round of layoff notices were sent to state employees on Wednesday.

Fourteen workers in the Department of Children and Families received notices.

Since the layoffs began on April 11, 560 Executive Branch employees and 126 Judicial Branch employees have gotten notices. Here’s the breakdown so far:

Gov. Dan Malloy has said that he expects there to be more than 2,000 positions eliminated as the state works to close a $922 million budget gap. State lawmakers have been working for weeks on negotiating a balanced budget for fiscal year 2017, beginning July 1, and FOX 61 has heard that a vote is expected in the next several days.

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