DOJ’s Civil Rights Unit Renews Deferred Resignation Offer (1)

Employees with the Justice Department’s civil rights division have been offered another chance to take deferred resignations, as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who was sworn in last week to lead the division, gave employees through April 28 to apply to be placed on administrative leave until their official departure date, according to the notice sent to the division on Monday and viewed by Bloomberg Law.

The program is available to all civil rights division employees, except for those in the criminal section, political appointees, contract employees, and those ...