A voluntary retirement plan is launched for the staff of Public Television and National Radio

The Government launched a voluntary retirement plan for the staff of Public TV and National Radio, within the framework of the changes implemented after the closure of Télam. The new comptroller of the public media, Eduardo González, announced that it is aimed at all his staff of Public Television, National Radio and Channel 12 of Trenque Lauquen.The voluntary retirement plan includes two modules: a specific one for personnel who are not in a condition to retire, and another special one for personnel close to reaching retirement age. Employees who wish to join must have met the age requirement by June 30 of the current year. For the first module, the requirements are to be up to fifty-six years old for women and sixty-one years old for men, or women who have exercised the option of retirement extension. For the second module, the requirements are to be fifty-seven years of age or older in the case of women, and sixty-two or more years of age in the case of men, or women who have exercised the option of retirement extension. The payment modalities of the voluntary retirement plan include a “Special One-Time Bonus”, which consists of the payment of an amount equivalent to three gross salaries. A “Special Deferred Payment Bonus” is also contemplated, equivalent to 90% of the gross salary, payable in equal and consecutive monthly installments from the month after the signing of the agreement until the month in which the employee meets the retirement age requirement inclusive. In the second case, the “One-Time Special Bonus” will be an amount equivalent to three gross salaries plus an additional sum of 20% of the best salary for each of the remaining installments of the plan. The “Special Deferred Payment Bonus” will pay the equivalent of 70% of the gross salary in equal and consecutive monthly installments from the month after the signing of the agreement until the month in which the employee meets the retirement age requirement inclusive. The statement indicates that RTA S.E. may have mechanisms to provide medical assistance coverage similar to that currently held by the worker through agreements with providers or by granting a certain value, estimated in each case by an actuarial calculation. The “One-Time Special Bonus” will be paid within 10 business days after the agreement is signed, and the “Special Deferred Payment Bonus” will be paid within the first 5 business days of the month to which each installment corresponds.

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