UGA staff could face more days off

University of Georgia employees may face more unpaid days next year.

Employees are already scheduled for three furlough days this year. But in an e-mail UGA President Michael Adams sent out to UGA faculty and staff Friday, he announced that they may be forced to take three more unpaid days off next year.

The memo says that some employees also could be laid off, though the memo specified layoffs were a "possibility, not a certainty."

Gov. Sonny Perdue has ordered a 5 percent cut in state budgets, along with three furlough days state workers must take before Jan. 1.

Tim Burgess, UGA senior vice president for finance and administration, says even with the 5 percent budget cut UGA won't likely have to lay off any workers.