AAA plans to cut 90 jobs at OKC operations center
By PAUL MONIES NewsOK.com on Sep 5, 2013, at 2:34 AM Updated on 9/05/13 at 3:48 AM
Employment
The Obama administration approved new rules Tuesday that extend minimum wage and overtime pay to nearly 2 million home health-care workers who help the elderly and disabled with everyday tasks such as bathing, eating or taking medicine.
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said Monday that his effort to revamp the tax code helped attract some of the business world's biggest names to Montana for a jobs conference that touched on taxes, energy development and other issues.
AAA plans to eliminate 90 positions at its northwest Oklahoma City operations center by the end of November as it consolidates emergency dispatch for its Oklahoma members to its Tulsa office.
The Oklahoma City center, which provides insurance services and answers calls for roadside assistance, sent a notice of layoffs to the state Commerce Department on Wednesday. Federal law requires companies to send notices 60 days before a shutdown affecting more than 50 people at a single site.
AAA Oklahoma spokesman Chuck Mai said the consolidation affects jobs providing roadside assistance for AAA members in Oklahoma and several other states. That division is being eliminated as AAA moves roadside assistance responsibilities to its state chapters.
"It just wasn't working out for the clubs to do those calls for a multistate area," Mai said. "We found we were losing some of that hands-on service in emergency situations."
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Original Print Headline: AAA plans to cut 90 jobs in OKC
Employment
The Obama administration approved new rules Tuesday that extend minimum wage and overtime pay to nearly 2 million home health-care workers who help the elderly and disabled with everyday tasks such as bathing, eating or taking medicine.
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said Monday that his effort to revamp the tax code helped attract some of the business world's biggest names to Montana for a jobs conference that touched on taxes, energy development and other issues.
