layoffs

More than four dozen state employees in education and commerce agencies were laid off this week, while an additional 80 positions will go unfilled.

Ivy Tech Community College will lay off 202 employees statewide as it responds to significant cuts in state funding and frozen tuition rates, the school system’s president, Sue Ellspermann, announced Friday.

Workers at the Indianapolis VA Hospital are required to be in-person starting on April 14, as part of a new federal policy. But some staff raised concerns there isn’t enough space in the building.

Layoffs and terminations often create a domino effect that harms people’s finances, family and well-being. That’s according to a new survey from the Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute.

WFYI, the Indianapolis NPR and PBS affiliate, announced a reorganization that eliminated one position and proposed eliminating two others in its marketing and radio operations departments. It also announced that a hiring freeze on most vacancies would remain in effect.

Louisville Public Media will lay off eight employees as part of a plan to cut operating expenses by about 10% for the upcoming budget year.