With negotiations occurring every day to reach a deal with the state-employee unions, only 182 employees have received layoff notices from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration.
Malloy originally announced that 4,742 employees would receive notices, but those have been delivered at a slow pace.
The layoffs have been limited to a small number of agencies, such as the departments of correction and mental health and addiction services. The largest number is in the prison system, where 75 prison guards and one deputy warden have received notices. In addition, 16 correctional counselors received notices, along with 45 other workers in the department. Those employees included vocational instructors, teachers, secretaries, janitors, food service supervisors, heating-and-cooling technicians, substance abuse counselors, general maintenance officers, and three chaplains.
At the governor's budget office, the transportation strategy board manager was notified, along with an associate research analyst.
Only one employee at the Department of Public Works has received a notice so far, and that was the longtime communications specialist and spokesman for the department. In addition, the director of communications at the Department of Information Technology was on the list.
At the Department of Veterans Affairs, an addiction counselor, pharmacy supervisor, infection control practitioner, and dietitian, among others, received notices.