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Cal Performances staff involuntarily laid off for fall semester

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Twenty Cal Performances staff members have been involuntarily laid off due to budget shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the layoffs are meant to be temporary, there is no definite date for when the layoffs will cease.

While campus leadership previously released voluntary workforce actions for faculty and staff in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Cal Performances staff members have been involuntarily laid off.
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Campus community should rally behind laid off staff

Next week, 28 staff members at Campus Shared Services, or CSS, who received layoff notices in December will be working their last day at the university — just a little over a year after CSS went “live” for the entire Berkeley campus. Further layoffs may be planned. Supporters of the
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