The Trump administration’s latest moves to encourage departures of federal employees is poised to be its most effective as its more grounded in the law than the earlier deferred resignation proposal that failed to convince enough workers to leave.
Federal agencies including those that oversee health and Social Security are giving their employees the option to retire early and offering other staff up to $25,000 to leave.
These offers differ from the January proposal, called “Fork in the Road,” that federal employment lawyers called legally dubious. Federal agencies have used buyouts in the past to downsize, albeit on ...
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