NB Power offered retirement packages to employees who were already leaving: audit / Global
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 2:24 pm permalink
An audit has exposed that NB Power’s retirement package initiative failed to generate the expected savings by awarding exit incentives to employees already planning to leave. This misstep has raised questions about the corporation’s human resource strategy and financial oversight.
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