The process of acquiring federal workers in Trump, RTO Plan: What we know, what we do not do

• The Trump administration has started offering its plans to reduce the federal workforce.
• It includes the acquisition of the federal worker, the delegation of return to the office, and the freezing of employment.
• Here is what we know yet – and what is still unknown – about the plans of federal workers.

President Donald Trump uses multiple ways to follow his plan to reduce the federal workforce. But there are still many questions about how it works and what a government job is when it is done.

Send an email on Tuesday from the Personnel Management Office a glimpse of the administration’s approach, as it provided a purchase of federal workers who voluntarily resign. Although many are still unknown, Trump’s recent actions, including freezing employment and arranging a return to the office, began to draw a more stable picture.

A detailed below is what we know so far about Trump’s plan to reduce the federal workforce – as well as what is still in the air.

What we know

On Tuesday night, OPM began sending emails to federal workers who submit to them a “deferred resignation”, according to which employees can choose to leave their jobs before February 6. Employees who accept the offer will continue to obtain full salaries and benefits until September 30, OPM letter He said.

I followed OPM with a mail On Wednesday on Wednesday, towards employees who eventually choose to take the acquisition. She has confirmed that these workers will not be required to work and that they will continue to receive full salaries and benefits for the pre -specified period.

Elon Musk, which is assigned to manage government efficiency in Trump, which aims to reduce spending, It also confirmed the nature of the resignation on Wednesday mail On x.

He wrote, “A clarification of what can be done while receiving full government salaries and benefits for 8 months: everything you want, including obtaining a new job.”

Moreover, and Instructions Posted by OPM placed on some of the logistics resignation services. He said that the employees will continue to accumulate the benefits of retirement during their postponed resignation, but the retirement decision will exceed future coverage under the acquisition.

There is no required action for employees who do not want to resign. OPM was clear about the deadline for its decision, but said that exceptions may be made to employees on a vacation between January 28 and February 6.

All of these new developments are in addition to two former executives signed by Trump: one creates freezing of employment on federal agencies, and another requires government employees to return to the office full time.

The latter is widely seen as a step to enhance attrition, as some percentage of the workforce is preferred to resign from returning to the office. The agencies are in the process of implementing each of these requests.

We still do not know

Although OPM has put wide parameters for federal acquisitions, there are some decisions that are left at the estimate of individual agencies. Among them is the choice of who should be included in the acquisition offer. The estimated authority agencies are granted to exclude workers or specific positions, but the details about those who include these exceptions are not easily available.

There is also a lack of clarity about the “performance culture” that is expected to be supported by the remaining workforce, as shown in OPM’s original email to government employees. While the message stressed “Excellence at every level”, and said that the outstanding people will be rewarded, a few other details were provided about the procedures or behaviors that may be required.

In its message, one of the other columns of change has focused on its message on “improved behavior standards”. The letter said that employees who participate in “illegal behavior or other misconduct” and possibly disciplined or termination will be investigated. However, there is no other privacy about what could be “misconduct”.

Because it comes to Trump’s order to the office, some workers are waiting for more details. While most employees live near a federal office It was required to return to work personally, agencies are developing plans For remote workers who live away from the workplace.

OPM has asked agencies to start retracting workers from a distance of more than 50 miles from the current agency’s office. It has not yet been exactly how it would do this, and the agencies are expected to make plans for OPM no later than February 7.

OPM also asked federal agencies to collect employee lists that they can easily release, and it is not clear what the administration will do with this information at this stage.

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