http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com.com <br /><br />About 80 people will lose their jobs early next year at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, administrators have announced. <br /><br />The layoffs will affect one half of one percent of the hospital system's 12,500 employees. <br /><br />CEO Doug Strong said the layoffs are necessary despite efforts to meet budget goals through attrition, a hiring freeze and reductions in overtime and temporary positions. <br /><br />Strong said he can't rule out further layoffs, but hospital administrators hope they won't be necessary. <br /><br />He would not identify which departments will be effected by the layoffs, but said they are "almost all" positions that wouldn't be involved directly with patient care. <br /><br />The employees who are losing their jobs will be told in early December. The earliest layoffs will be effective at the end of January.
