Dozens of City Employees Laid Off

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The City of Reykjavík plans to lay off 86 employees due to changes in the organizational structure of the Welfare Department and the School and Leisure Department. Of these, 32 will receive offers of new or changed jobs, but 54 will not be offered continued employment with the city. This was approved at a special extra meeting of the City Council that was called this morning. It is not clear which jobs the city plans to lay off...

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Up to 90 people will be laid off due to extensive organizational changes at the City of Reykjavík, according to sources at the news agency. An extraordinary meeting was held in the city council this morning. Einar Þorsteinsson, chairman of the city council, confirms that extensive organizational changes were discussed that will affect jobs at the city. The Vísir news report says that the organizational changes are related, among other things, to…

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According to sources at mbl.is, around sixty employees will lose their jobs as a result of these changes. The city will save around 900 million ISK per year, according to the same sources.

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An emergency meeting of the Reykjavík City Council was called this morning. According to the news agency's sources, the meeting was about layoffs and organizational changes in at least two departments within the city system, but none of the city council members the news agency reached this morning wanted to comment on the matter.