Call to leave taken up by 500 Dudley Council workers

Tuesday 8th November 2011, 5:00PM GMT.

Call to leave taken up by 500 Dudley Council workers

More than 500 people have expressed an interest in taking redundancy at Dudley Council next year.

Borough bosses have launched the second year of a redundancy programme which will see around 200 positions go by April 2013. Following an announcement in January, the local authority has already shed more than 400 jobs this year as part of a bid to save £22 million.

The move is part of wider plans to axe 800 jobs over the next three years.

Council bosses have revealed they have already received a number of inquiries from workers thinking about leaving in the second year of the redundancy programme in 2012/2013 including some from workers who are not eligible to leave as the council cannot get rid of their position.

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