State worker layoffs coming, but we know where the empty PINs are
Update: The numbers below reflect only the elimination of vacant positions. The layoffs are yet to come. Still, they show which agencies are already finding fewer bodies to do the work.
We don't have details yet on which state workers are going to be laid off, but Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget document does show which state agencies are expected to lose full-time employees and which lucky ones are set to grow next year. Bear in mind that the numbers here don't necessarily equate to layoffs because some of the agencies will have unfilled positions to be cut. But this does give some indication of where the pain might be felt the hardest.
(Note: I'm getting calls from agencies saying there's some discrepancy between the 2010 numbers listed in the front of the newly released budget highlights book and those I've printed here, which come from Appendix II in the back of the book, on page 98. I'll let you know as soon as I get to the bottom of it.)
Update: The numbers below reflect the reduction of 1,000 vacant positions proposed by the budget bill. The figures printed in the front of the budget book don't.
Agency | FY2009 positions | FY2010 positions | Difference |
University System Of Maryland | 21,931 | 22,072 | 141 |
Public Safety And Correctional Services | 11,623 | 11,250 | -373 |
Transportation | 9,135 | 9,135 | 0 |
Health And Mental Hygiene | 7,237 | 6,758 | -479 |
Human Resources | 6,851 | 6,598 | -253 |
Judiciary | 3,569 | 3,613 | 44 |
State Police | 2,441 | 2,420 | -21 |
Juvenile Services | 2,272 | 2,242 | -30 |
Education | 1,601 | 1,588 | -13 |
Labor, Licensing, And Regulation | 1,450 | 1,441 | -9 |
Natural Resources | 1,359 | 1,343 | -16 |
Comptroller Of Maryland | 1,118 | 1,113 | -5 |
Morgan State University | 1,093 | 1,093 | 0 |
Environment | 958 | 950 | -8 |
Office Of The Public Defender | 990 | 942 | -48 |
Legislative | 747 | 747 | 0 |
Assessments And Taxation | 628 | 626 | -2 |
General Services | 611 | 598 | -13 |
Baltimore City Community College | 527 | 502 | -25 |
St. Mary’S College Of Maryland | 440 | 435 | -5 |
Agriculture | 427 | 423 | -4 |
Military Department | 375 | 361 | -14 |
Maryland School For The Deaf | 320 | 320 | 0 |
Budget And Management | 324 | 319 | -5 |
Housing And Community Development | 311 | 311 | 0 |
Maryland Insurance Administration | 282 | 282 | 0 |
Business And Economic Development | 261 | 258 | -3 |
Office Of The Attorney General | 247 | 244 | -3 |
Retirement And Pension Systems | 190 | 190 | 0 |
Lottery Agency | 171 | 171 | 0 |
Planning | 167 | 161 | -6 |
Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission | 155 | 155 | 0 |
Public Service Commission | 142 | 142 | 0 |
Workers’ Compensation Commission | 124 | 124 | 0 |
Information Technology | 123 | 120 | -3 |
Office Of Administrative Hearings | 122 | 119 | -3 |
Executive-Boards, Commissions And Offices | 97 | 99 | 2 |
Inst. For Emergency Medical Services Systems | 95 | 94 | -1 |
Executive Department | 86 | 89 | 3 |
Veterans Affairs | 73 | 70 | -3 |
Maryland Higher Education Commission | 69 | 66 | -3 |
State Treasurer’S Office | 64 | 63 | -1 |
Aging | 56 | 55 | -1 |
State Archives | 48 | 48 | 0 |
Commission On Human Relations | 42 | 42 | 0 |
Historic St. Mary’S City Commission | 38 | 37 | -1 |
State Board Of Elections | 33 | 31 | -2 |
Secretary Of State | 30 | 29 | -1 |
Maryland Energy Administration | 25 | 28 | 3 |
Disabilities | 26 | 26 | 0 |
Office Of The People’S Counsel | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Governor’S Office For Children | 21 | 19 | -2 |
Interagency For School Construction | 19 | 18 | -1 |
Subsequent Injury Fund | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Supplemental Retirement Plans | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Office Of The State Prosecutor | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Maryland Health Insurance Plan | 9 | 12 | 3 |
Uninsured Employers’ Fund | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Maryland Tax Court | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Board Of Public Works | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Property Tax Assessment Appeals Boards | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Board Of Contract Appeals | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Canal Place Authority | 3 | 2 | -1 |
Office Of The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Comments
The Human Resouces department comprises about 9% (1 in 11) of state employees. This is extraordinarily high. Most government and private employers have a ratio about 1 HR person per 100 employees. There's lot of room for headcount reduction here.
Here is an article that discusses typical HR ratios.
http://www.osp.state.nc.us/divinfo/frames/divisions/progeval/HRStaffRationarrative.html
Posted by: Concerned taxpayer | January 22, 2009 3:37 PM
DHR isn't a human resources department like you're thinking of in the private sector. It is, for whatever reason, what the state calls its social services agency. It handles things like foster care, child support enforcement, etc.
Posted by: Andy Green | January 22, 2009 4:05 PM
So does the 700 employee reduction I've heard today include mostly vacant positions ?
Posted by: mark | January 22, 2009 4:12 PM
No, the 700 layoffs are in addition to the elimination of 1,000 or so vacant positions.
Posted by: Andy Green | January 22, 2009 4:39 PM
Does it make sense to build a vocation school for inmates. Spend all that money for them. Then lay off people who are working for a living, suppoorting their families.
Posted by: nick | January 23, 2009 7:41 AM
The STATE of Maryland should lay off or force early retirement straight across the board for employees who have more than 28 years of service!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | January 23, 2009 11:18 AM