Here's A Twist..GM Pays Employees To Retire
Last month General Motors announced its plans to freeze pensions and reduce health-care benefits for salaried employees. Today GM offered buyouts to all of its 105,000 hourly employees. CNNMoney shows what GM will be offering.
Workers will be offered a $35,000 payment if they agree to retire early. Workers who promise to sever all ties with GM — leaving the company with no retirement benefits — will get $70,000 to $140,000, depending on time with the automaker.
In a related agreement, GM will offer $35,000 retirement buyouts to 13,000 workers at bankrupt auto supplier Delphi (DPHIQ). Another 5,000 Delphi workers will be eligible for jobs at GM.