The prospect of a new retirement incentive plan for state employees is looking increasingly doubtful.
On Tuesday, Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm acknowledged that it has become an “upward climb” to pass her proposal in the Legislature, but said she would continue to push for it, Gongwer News reported.
House Speaker Andy Dillon, a Redford Township Democrat, has not said when the House will begin work on it.
Granholm proposed the measure in January as a way to implement long-term budget reforms, but some Democratic lawmakers have called the proposal anti-labor because it does not provide sufficiently sweet retirement incentives.
Last month, the Legislature approved a similar measure for public school employees. As of this week, more than 17,000 teachers and school workers had said they plan to accept the offer to retire.
