UNH laying off 75 employees in 'budget reset'

DURHAM — Approximately 75 University of New Hampshire employees are being laid off as the university works to reduce its present operating expenses by $14 million.

President James Dean, who is retiring at the end of the academic year, alerted school staff and faculty this week that over six dozen employees were being laid off university-wide as part of a “budget reset.” Dean first referenced the need to cut expenses in an October message to the UNH community, calling on the school’s unit leaders to modify their current fiscal year budgets so the university could cut back on its anticipated expenses by 4%.

The roughly 75 employees being let go will receive severance pay, health insurance continuation and access to job placement services, according to Dean. The vast majority of affected employees were university staff members rather than faculty, and those laid off were given 45 days notice starting Tuesday.

The layoffs will officially begin taking effect on Friday, March 1.

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