Cincinnati firms implementing layoffs, freezing salaries and hiring (BizJournals)

Patricia Clancy knows the stress that layoffs and furloughs can put on a work force. She’s had to implement both cost-cutting measures in the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts office. Total employment, now at 240, is down 20 percent from peak levels. In early May came a new round of cuts in which a handful were let go and everyone else was told they had to take 10 days of unpaid leave before …