Will federal employees get severance pay if they resign? Trump administration offers buyout program
On January 28, 2025, the Trump administration used its new communication system to send a mass email to over 2 million federal employees offering a buyout.
What compensation does Trump offer federal employees if they resign before February 6?
In a bold move to reshape the federal workforce, the Trump administration is offering a severance package equivalent to seven months of salary for employees who choose to resign by February 6.
Employee groups, Democrats, experts warn feds not to accept ‘deferred resignation’ offer
The lack of a legal underpinning for the purported eight-month severance package, and Elon Musk’s history of offering—and then revoking—severance payments have many federal workers wary of the measure.
Trump administration offers buyouts for millions of federal employees
The Trump administration is offering federal workers a "deferred resignation" option, including a severance package of about eight months' pay and benefits. The plan aims to shrink the federal workforce while providing an exit for employees who feel misaligned with the administration,
Trump offers all federal workers an 8-month buyout to resign
President Trump continued his crusade to thin out the federal bureaucracy by offering all 3 million federal workers eight months’ salary in exchange for resigning from their positions.
Trump-Musk ‘buyout’ inspires federal employees to keep working: ‘They can drag me out’
Yesterday’s unexpected email is another sign of Elon Musk’s influence in the Trump administration. Musk gave workers at X—then Twitter—a similar ultimatum in 2022, complete with a nearly identical “Fork in the Road” subject line. He poked at the similarities in a cryptic post yesterday evening.
Trump administration offers buyouts to federal workers
Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night.
How many federal workers are in Iowa? President Donald Trump offers buyouts to employees
President Donald Trump is offering federal employees the opportunity to accept a buyout and resign if they don't wish to return to in-person work.
Trump offers federal workers a chance to resign if they don’t want to return to the office
President Donald Trump is offering to pay out civil servants who don't wish to remain part of his administration. The Office of Personnel Management told federal workers in an email sent Tuesday that they would receive pay and benefits until later this year as long as they part ways with the government by Thursday next week.
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