- The Trump administraion is offering buyouts to members of the federal workforce.
- Employees who resign will have full pay and benefits through September, officials said.
- Some exclusions apply to military, postal, immigration, and national security roles.
President Donald Trump is offering buyouts to federal workers who don’t want to stick around under the new administration, according to a letter sent to government employees on Tuesday.
The letter, which was shared by the US Office of Personnel Management, said federals employees had from January 28 to February 6 to decide if they would like to resign under this program.
Those who resign will receive full pay and benefits regardless of their daily workload and would not be required to attend in-person work.
The webpage listed a deferred resignation letter which specifies that employees would complete “reasonable and customary tasks and processes to facilitate” their departure.
The resignation offer was available to all full-time federal employees except for military personnel, US Postal Service employees, those in immigration enforcement and national security roles, and other positions that were specifically excluded by an agency.
The letter said a recent order issued by Trump meant there would be significant reform in the federal workforce, which it said would be “built around four pillars.” Those pillars were: Return to Office, Performance culture, More streamlined and flexible workforce, and Enhanced standards of conduct.
Read the OPM’s full memo.
The White House did not respond to BI’s request for comment.
