The Chicago Tribune reports that some 700 employees of Michigan’s Wayne County will not, for the moment, face temporary layoffs.  The County planned to implement a period of unpaid time off for workers following the Memorial Day long weekend in an effort to save the county approximately $1.5 billion.

In order to give union leaders of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees time to consider a number of concessions in its current contract negotiations, the upcoming mandatory one week furlough period was canceled.  It was to be a first in a series of such temporary layoffs implemented to help assuage some of the County’s $100 million deficit.   The County is asking union negotiators to agree to a 10 percent pay cut.  Nearly three fourth of the workers unions affected have agreed.