3.8万福特员工接受离职补偿计划

　　Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said a total of 38，000 employees——almost half of the automaker's U.S. factory workforce——had accepted buyout offers to leave the company.

　　The number includes about 30，000 workers who the most recent round of buyout offers that concluded this week and about 8，000 employees who accepted Ford's earlier plant-by-plant buyout offers.

　　The buyouts exceed Ford's goal of cutting 30，000 blue-collar jobs in North America by 2008 and exceeds rival General Motors Corp.'s similar efforts earlier this year， which resulted in 34，400 workers accepting buyout offers.

　　Ford President and Chief Executive Alan Mulally said in a statement. “While I know that in many cases decisions to leave the company were difficult for our employees， the acceptances received through this voluntary effort will help Ford to become more competitive.”

　　The eight packages offered to hourly employees range from $35，000 to $140，000. One four-year package offers up to $15，000 per year for college tuition， plus half of the worker's salary and health benefits， while another offers to pay 70 percent of pay and tuition for two years.

　　Ford in September said it would reduce its North American hourly workforce by 25，000 to 30，000 employees by the end of 2008.

　　美国第二汽车厂商

　　这些员工中约3万人接受了本周结束的最新一轮离职补偿计划，另有约8000人接受了公司稍早提出的补偿计划。

　　接受离职补偿计划的员工数量超出了福特的目标，即在2008年之前削减3万名北美工人，并超过其竞争对手通用汽车今年稍早接受离职补偿的人数，通用共有3.44万名工人自愿离职。

　　福特的执行长阿兰·穆拉利在一份声明中指出：“虽然我知道在许多情况下我们的员工做出离开公司的决定是非常困难的，但是他们自愿接受合同买断将使公司变得更富

　　在给离岗工人提供的8个补偿方案中，福特公司支付员工的补偿金额从3.5万美元到14万美元不等，其是根据雇员工龄、年龄以及退休的早晚等因素而定。其中一个4年买断方案为员工提供最多每年1.5万美元的学费补偿，外加员工薪水及福利的一半。另一个买断方案为员工补偿两年薪水和学费开销的70％。

　　福特曾在9月份宣布，将在2008年前削减2.5万到3万名北美工厂的员工。