President Trump is offering federal employees a seven-month salary buyout as part of his plan to overhaul the government. The buyout is open until February 6th, and employees who choose to leave will retain all pay and benefits until September 30th. Trump's directives also include a mandate for most workers to return to full-time in-person work, reversing former President Biden's policy. The freeze on federal grants and loans has also been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
President Donald Trump is offering federal employees a buyout worth seven months' salary if they choose to leave their jobs by February 6, according to a memo from the Office of Personal Management. This buyout is part of Trump's extensive reshaping of the United States government. A list of four directives issued by Trump includes a mandate for most workers to return to their offices full-time.
The directives also include a 'deferred resignation letter' for federal employees who wish to participate in the buyout. The memo states, 'If you choose not to continue in your current role in the federal workforce, we thank you for your service to your country and you will be provided with a dignified, fair departure from the federal government utilizing a deferred resignation program.' It continues, 'This program begins effective January 28 and is available to all federal employees until February 6.'\The memo adds, 'If you resign under this program, you will retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30.' Earlier on Tuesday, Trump implemented a freeze on funding for federal grants and loans. However, a federal judge temporarily blocked the freeze just minutes before it was set to take effect, pausing the implementation until Monday. Last week, Trump signed an executive order requiring federal employees to return to in-person work, reversing former President Joe Biden's policy allowing federal workers to remain in a hybrid work arrangement through 2029. The order states, 'Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary.' Agencies must begin the transition to fully in-person work by 5 p.m. on Friday, according to the order.\In addition to the return-to-work order, Trump also signed an order freezing the hiring of federal civilian employees across the executive branch. This order states, 'As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law.' The hiring freeze excludes military personnel and positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, and public safety
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