HHS Offers $25,000 Buyout to Workers Amid Trump’s Workforce Cuts

The US Department of Health and Human Services is offering voluntary buyouts of up to $25,000 to its employees, as the Trump administration continues efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

The health department said in an email to employees it received authorization from the Office of Personnel Management on Friday to offer Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments, which allow agencies that are downsizing or restructuring to offer employees lump-sum payments as an incentive to depart.

The offer, which is to a “broad population of HHS employees,” is effective March 10 through March 14, according to the email obtained by Bloomberg ...