Denver mayor backs rule change making city layoffs easier

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is backing efforts to rewrite the city’s career service rules governing layoffs to make it easier to let employees go in light of a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months.

A panel of city officials met last Wednesday to hear comments from employees over the proposed changes to “Rule 14: Separation other than Dismissal.”

More than 700 people attended the meeting, which was conducted both in person and online…

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