2 days ago · A DOJ lawyer called the buyout offer a "humane off-ramp" for federal employees. A federal judge in Boston said Monday he will continue to pause the Trump administration's plan to offer a deferred ...

1 day ago · The buyout program, he said at one point, “offers a humane off-ramp to federal government employees” who don’t want to comply with new work mandates being implemented by the Trump ...

1 day ago · Unions have urged their members not to accept the buyout offer - saying Trump's administration cannot be trusted to honor it - but about 65,000 federal employees had signed up for the buyouts as ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.

Feb 4, 2025 · Federal employees who have been offered a buyout as part of President Donald Trump's effort to trim the size of the government have begun receiving an emailed copy of the contract they must sign in order to accept the offer.

Feb 3, 2025 · ABC News spoke to a federal employee who accepted the buyout offer. When a U.S. Office of Personnel Management email last Tuesday entitled "Fork in the Road" offered a "deferred resignation" to 2 million federal government employees, the move sent shockwaves through federal agencies.

6 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives, the latest tumult for government employees already wrestling with upheaval from the new administration.

Jan 28, 2025 · The White House on Tuesday began offering buyouts worth seven months of salary to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by Feb. 6 — part of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the U.S. government.

Jan 28, 2025 · President Donald Trump's administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation," which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.

Jan 29, 2025 · The Office of Personnel Management sought to entice civilian federal employees to resign, as President Trump seeks to reshape the U.S. government. Here are details of the plan.