The economic shutdown brought on by the pandemic has led to mass unemployment, and some businesses remain closed. Many of those that have opened are doing limited business.
[…] The massive University System of Georgia has already announced likely furloughs to its employees. Child welfare worker furloughs were mentioned during a Department of Human Services board meeting Tuesday.
Furloughs were common for state employees and teachers during the Great Recession a decade ago.
“I think that is what we pretty much expect,” said Alex Camardelle, a senior policy analyst for the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, an Atlanta think tank. “It seems like furloughs are where the reductions are going to come.”