STAFF from Todmorden at Calderdale Council have been offered the chance to take voluntary severance or early retirement to help balance the budget.
The offer has been made to eligible staff across all services, including centrally employed teachers, as the council aims to make savings of £40million by 2016/17, as agreed at the Annual Budget Council in February.
Letters with details of the relevant schemes are being sent to eligible staff over the next two weeks.
Council staff who take early retirement will receive their pension on an unreduced basis. Staff who are aged under 55 before March 31, 2015, may be considered for voluntary severance if they have been in local government for two or more years.
Successful applicants will receive a lump sum payment when they leave the council.
The council has also launched the Future Workforce Programme, to give staff the chance to match their skills to new roles if they would like to continue to work for the council, but would like to take their career in a different direction.
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