City of Wausau Offering New Incentive to Retiring Employees

Thursday, June 30th, 2022 -- 10:00 AM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) City employees in Wausau will soon be eligible for a two thousand dollar incentive if they provide six month's notice of their retirement.

According to Mike Leischner of WSAU, Committee chair Lisa Rasmussen says the idea started with a proposal from the Police Department, who were looking to control their overtime costs this year. “There’s also value to be had when there’s the benefit of lengthy advance notice time to train new people and time for outgoing people to work with new people.”

The proposal came without a budget modification because each department has their own staffing budget, and Rasmussen notes in many cases they can absorb the expense. “The Police Department says they have four vacancies right now. So, that could take up a lot of the slack too for us.”

The proposal passed the city's HR and Finance committees. The Human Resources office will need to draft a memo of understanding for the city's three unions, which would also make them eligible. That item is on hold and could be brought up during the next round of negotiations

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