Employees of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) have been offered up to $ 25,000 to separate with the agency to help it reduce size in accordance with President Donald Trump’s plans to reduce federal labor.
In E -s -sent on Friday, HHS, led by a secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., He said he had received approval from the Staff Management Office (OPM) to offer incentives for voluntary separation.
OPM “allows agencies that reduce or restructuring to offer employees a lump sum payment up to $ 25,000 as an incentive to voluntarily separate,” the email said. This incentive is aimed at those who are in excess positions or have skills that are no longer needed in their department.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., runs the Department of Health and Human Services, which currently employs about 80,000 people and is the second consumable agency in the US budget. (Getty Images)
Payment is available to most employees within the HHS, which includes centers for the control and prevention of illness (CDC), Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Centers, Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) and National Health Institute (NIH).
Employees also have the ability to download payment if they meet the terms for optional or early retirement, According to the OPM website.
Approximately 75,000 federal employees agreed to Trump’s purchase offer
“By allowing employees to voluntarily leave the government, agencies can minimize or avoid inadvertent separations by using expensive and devastating reduction in force,” the website states.
Disease Control and Prevention Centers, Medicare & Medicaid Centers, Food and Medicines Administration and National Institutes of Health (NIH) operate in the Department of Health and Human Services. (AP/Jacqueline Larma)
Currently, about 80,000 people are working for HHS, according to the Commission for equal employment options.
Offer becomes available on Monday, and forms must be submitted to local human resources offices by Friday at 5 pm
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HHS is the second consumable federal agency and makes up 20.6% of US Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 With $ 2.4 bilge budget resources, according to Uspends. Most of this money is spent by Medicaid and Medicare centers.
HHS consumes most of its budget funding centers for Medicaid and Medicare services. (East)
The only agency with multiple consumption is the Treasury Department.
