The University of Delaware is making more cutbacks to deal with the lost revenue during the pandemic.
UD announced Thursday it is reducing salaries by 5 percent for all non-union staff and making cuts to its workforce.
This comes after the university already pulled $100 million from its endowment to mitigate a projected $250 million deficit for the academic year.
The cutbacks may be greater than 5% for some, and will not apply to unionized workers, postdoctoral fellows, student employees or those with H-1B visas.
The reductions equate to about nine days of unpaid leave to most staff, which the university says will mostly occur the three days before Thanksgiving and the three days ahead of Christmas. The remaining three days will be an individual’s choice.
But the school notes the reduction in pay will be spread across the rest of the fiscal year ending June 2021.
In a release, UD says it “continues to negotiate in good faith and a spirit of cooperation with the American Association of University Professors and other unions.”
A letter to staff notes 138 employees have taken advantage of a voluntary retirement option which expired earlier this week.
