St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County councilwoman Lisa Clancy questions health department layoffs
St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy questions county public health director Dr. Kanika Cunningham about 16 layoffs during a budget hearing on Nov. 14, 2023. Council members thought the health department was proposing the layoffs for next year, but the employees have already received their layoff notices. Video courtesy of St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County. Edited by Jenna Jones.
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Ten of the positions are vacant but 16 employees would be laid off, said health director Dr. Kanika Cunningham at a budget hearing Tuesday.
Council members thought they might have some say in laying off 16 public health employees. But the employees had already received their layoff notices.
Eighty-four employees of NextGen Healthcare Inc.’s St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· office are being laid off as a result of the company being recently purchased by a private equity firm.
