The Brief
- Some City of Dallas employees will be required to take unpaid furlough days as the city addresses a significant budget shortfall for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
- The mandatory furloughs come as Dallas faces a $16 million budget shortfall, which the city partially blamed on police and fire overtime pay.
- A partial hiring freeze and a restriction on overtime pay were enacted in April as part of the effort to remedy the budget shortfall.
DALLAS – City of Dallas employees will be required to take mandatory furlough days as the city tries to balance its budget.
What we know:
The mandatory furlough days affect employees paid by the city’s General Fund. Employees will be required to take the furlough days on July 10, Sept. 4 and Sept. 28.…