Nearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees briefed on the matter.
More than 2,700 of the DOL’s 14,578 employees agreed to voluntarily separate from the agency under the exit offer, which allows federal employees to receive pay and benefits through September if they resign, the employees said.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer reopened the program for DOL staff earlier this month after it was first launched in January, warning that reductions in force at the agency were forthcoming.
“My goal is to provide as many options and as much information as possible to enable informed decision-making regarding your career and your future,” Chavez-DeRemer said in the email at the time.
Between the January and April voluntary exit offers, close to 20% of all DOL employees decided to take part in the program, agency staffers were told in multiple meetings.
Worker advocates and employment attorneys have warned that any cuts to DOL staff could hurt the agency’s ability to enforce child labor, minimum wage, family leave, or other worker protections, resulting in fewer inspections and fines for businesses covered by the agency.
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