Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
DECEMBER 22, 2015, 5:26 PM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2015, 5:27 PM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Bergen County officials have declared a hiring freeze while they pursue a disputed wave of layoffs scheduled to take effect by Jan. 1.
County Administrator Dominic Novelli disclosed the freeze in Monday night’s Freeholder meeting while answering a question from a woman in the audience who had asked why there are no jobs currently listed on the county’s website.
“We currently are in a job freeze,” he replied. “We’re not filling positions. We’re actually in the midst of a layoff.”
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Novelli said after the meeting that the freeze has been in effect since September when the administration made the decision to issue layoff notices to 21 employees on Nov. 1. The notices state that the layoffs were for reasons of “economy and efficiency.”
He said the job freeze did not apply to certain positions, like juvenile detention officers or nurses working in county facilities where there are state-mandated staffing levels.
Novelli’s comments were the first public disclosure of the hiring freeze. It did not come up last week in a hearing in federal court on a lawsuit filed by eight county employee who alleged that they were targeted for layoffs because of their past support of former Republican County Executive Kathleen Donovan.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-officials-enact-hiring-freeze-1.1478277
what the hell is going on. yea because they have to pay for all the sites in paramus.
The Nepotism Committee is setting up an emergency meeting….this is not right !
what bull shit. more and more scams.
Why has Bergen county been hiring anyone, they should be in permanent downsizing mode just like municipalities in Bergen which are moving to shared service models. Glenrock Police Chief retiring is a great chance to merge Ridgewood and Glenrock PDs and eliminate layers of waste and bureaucracy.
shared services time