March 9 (Reuters) - General Motors Co (GM.N) on Thursday said it was offering buyouts for most of its salaried employees and global executives and expects to take a pre-tax charge of up to $1.5 billion to cover the costs. GM, whose share fell about 1%, had 58,000 salaried employees at the end of 2022. Eligible employees interested in the voluntary program must sign up by March 24 and those agreeing will leave GM by June 30. The buyouts are separate from job cuts the company made last month. A GM executive in February said the company was cutting hundreds of executive-level and salaried jobs.

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