Since October 11, workers must take no less than 18 days without pay, in addition more than a thousand workers will receive offers of early retirement
A city worker cleaning up after a demonstration in June 2020.
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Last Wednesday the Los Angeles City Council declared a fiscal emergency due to falling revenue from hotel taxes, and a drop of about $ 400 million is forecast this year alone.
Falling sales, the collapse of tourism and unemployment are hitting the city hard and its budgets, which have been focused in dealing mainly with the coronavirus pandemic.
LA city council declares fiscal emergency, plans to furlough 15K city workers due to COVID-19, but rejected a motion to defer raises & bonuses for police officers, who are scheduled to receive a pay raise in January. https://t.co/6LR2TUPxBi
– mostly functional adult (@tbqfrank) September 3, 2020
That is why from October 11, about 15,000 employees must take up to 18 days without pay, which represents a 7% cut in wages. For their part, another 1,280 employees will receive an early retirement offer.
“I think we have to lead by example, we cannot ask people for more than what we are willing to do”Said Mayor Garcetti when referring to the declaration of the fiscal emergency.
The president would have given up two months of his salary at the beginning of the year, which is equivalent to 6%.
The measure would allow the city to save money on wages and thus avoid having to permanently lay off hundreds of people.
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