Chris Christie, the Governor of New Jersey, has filed a notice to cut 1,200 state jobs this winter. A spokesman for the Civil Service Commission says that the number will probably be about half of that with attrition. A spokesman for the Governor said that they will know more about the exact number later this year. The budget originally called by 1,300 layoffs or a savings of $8.8 million. The New Jersey director of the Communications Workers of America, which represents a large number of state workers says that so many people have been retiring there is no reason for layoffs.
See "Christie files notice to lay off 1,200 state workers", Adrienne Lu, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 4, 2010