Gov. Malloy has lots of wiggle room for hiring to fill vacant positions

The state Department of Administrative Services reports that so far this year, Connecticut state government has hired 1,183 employees, including 64 in September, when 630 were submitting their retirement applications.

Here is a reminder of the number of hirings made in recent years. In 2009, the state was in the middle of an early retirement incentive program that resulted in 4,700 retirements but only 1,732 hires. Last week, in a news conference, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said his budget chief this week would be conferring with agency heads to see what vacant positions warranted filling during the state’s continuing fiscal emergency.

2006- 3,665

2007- 3560

2008- 3,295

2009- 1,732

2010- 2,422