As a rural county in eastern North Carolina switches about half its workers to a four-day week today, local officials around the state and some other states will be watching, reports Matt Dees of the News & Observer in Raleigh.
"Sue Guy, Wayne County's human resources director, said she fielded calls at her office in Goldsboro from 14 North Carolina counties and others in Florida and Virginia when word of Wayne's plans hit the news," Dees reports. "Wayne officials estimate they'll save $300,000 a year on utility bills by having about 500 of the county's 1,032 employees work four 10-hour days a week."
The plan brought an objection from the county health board, saying "essential services" that qualify for a five-day week should include such health services as prenatal care, but the county manager rejected the department's request for a 30-day extension, reports Phyllis Moore of the Goldsboro News-Argus. (Read more) in 2000, Goldsboro had a population of 39,000 and Wayne County had 113,000.
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