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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and 10 of the city’s public employee unions have struck another deal to delay the city’s furlough program, leaving workers with just one unpaid day off before the end of the year, according to a memo issued last week. The City Council approved a plan last month to force more than 15,000 city workers to take one unpaid day off every two weeks — effectively a 10% pay cut — as part of a larger effort to balance the budget. But last week, Garcetti and the city’s bargaining committee changed course, signing off on an...

In a memo to employees, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell outlined broad cost-cutting steps across the league.Goodell has voluntarily reduced his salary to $0 for an undefined period of time.Other measures include pay cuts for office staff and furloughs, and reductions in contributions to the pension plan.In a memo to employees, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is not immune to the economic consequences of the coronavirus and he’s made the difficult decision to take broad cost-saving measures across NFL offices that includes furloughs, salary cuts and a decrease in contributions to the pension plan.“It is clear that the economic effects will...