Hartford, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Thursday gave his negotiators and union leaders more time to discuss $2 billion in labor savings, putting off — for now — issuing the threatened first round of layoff notices to about 4,000 Connecticut workers a day before they were to go out.

The governor's senior adviser, Roy Occhiogrosso, said Malloy is willing to wait "a couple of days" for the talks to continue.

Meanwhile, approximately 100 people, mostly non-union managers, are expected to lose their state jobs Friday. Those cuts are due to various state agency consolidations included in the two-year, $40.1 billion budget the Democratic governor signed into law on Wednesday.

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