The White House is offering federal employees buyouts that would pay them through the end of September if they choose not to commit to the “reformed federal workforce” under President Donald Trump.
The offer of a “deferred resignation” went out in emails Tuesday, an Office of Personnel Management spokesperson confirmed to NOTUS, and employees will have until Feb. 6 to take the buyout.
The buyouts, first reported by Axios, are an uptick in Trump’s reshaping of the workforce that makes up the bulk of federal employees. Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20 directing all federal employees to return to full-time in-person work.