2 million US public servants offered redundancy

Stuff reports:

The Trump administration announced that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the US government at breakneck speed.

A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and ominously warned of future downsising. The email sent to millions of employees said those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to choose to do so by February 6.

Offering almost the entire public service an eight month redundancy payout is audacious. This could leads to huge cost savings after the first year, and also may mean that those who remain are more dedicated to the job.

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