
Trump administration offering buyouts to government workers unwilling to return to office
CBSN
The White House expects up to 10% of federal employees to quit in a buyout program meant to end work-from-home practices, senior administration officials told CBS News.
A government-wide email President Trump's aides planned to send Tuesday will say employees have about a week to decide whether to participate in a "deferred resignation program." It was to begin Tuesday for all federal employees and end Feb. 6.
Those who do not wish to work in the office "are free to choose a different line of work, and the Trump Administration will provide a very generous payout of 8 months," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

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