With Layoffs Looming SFWMD Employees Take Buyouts

Randall Weiseman July 1, 2011 Florida, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

Some South Florida Water Management District employees have taken advantage of a severance package in response to looming layoffs due to the districts shrinking budget.

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