Denver officials want to make it easier to lay off employees who have traditionally been protected by seniority. Instead, the city wants to implement an entirely “merit-based” system for deciding who loses their jobs.
The push to “streamline” layoffs comes months before Mayor Mike Johnston will likely announce layoffs to help fill the city’s $250 million budget hole.
“The intention of this revision is to ensure that layoffs are implemented in a more streamlined manner that is consistent with the merit-based career service personnel system, serves the best interests and operational needs of the involved department or agency and provides due process protections to the affected employees,” the notice states…