LOS ANGELES : 90 MTA Workers to Take Early Retirement Offer
About 90 Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees have decided to take the agency’s early retirement program this week, officials said Thursday.
In an effort to cut costs and eliminate duplication, MTA officials estimated that the agency could trim 246 employees as a result of the merger last spring of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission and the Southern California Rapid Transit District.
The agency, however, lost employees as a result of attrition and expired contracts, and the number of employees that it hoped to trim dropped to about 75, MTA spokeswoman Stephanie Brady said. This week, about 90 employees signed up for the buyout program, but it is not known how many will qualify, Brady said.
Employees who chose to leave the agency were offered six months of salary and benefits. Cutting the staff by the estimated 246 employees will save the agency about $15.7 million a year, officials say.
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