CARBONDALE, ILL. (AP) -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor Rita Cheng has told university employees four unpaid furlough days will be instituted in coming months.
The furloughs are part of an effort to close a $2.5 million budget shortfall.
It is being imposed on non-unionized staff and members of unions that agreed to the unpaid leave.
WSIU radio reports under the policy, university employees will not be permitted to work on Nov. 24, Dec. 23, Jan. 3 and March 15.
Cheng says the closure days will not affect employees health insurance or vacation and sick leave benefits.
She said the furlough days are subject to negotiation with the collective bargaining units.
Several of the university's unions oppose the plan.
Union leaders say the university does not have the legal standing to implement what the unions say amounts to pay cuts.
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