With overtime and other staffing costs ballooning, a Bay Area city attempts to fix its budget crisis
Hayward faces a large budget shortfall driven by rising salaries, benefits, and overtime, prompting hiring freezes, pay cuts, and labor renegotiations.
Hayward leaders take pay cut as city preps for fallout from budget cuts
Hayward city leaders and executive staff accepted voluntary pay cuts and paused COLAs to address a $12 million budget shortfall and high overtime costs.
