Employees of the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) offered up to $ 25,000 to give up the agency to help shrink it under the plans of President Donald Trump to reduce the federal workforce.
In the e -mail sent on Friday, the HHS, led by secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said that it received permission from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to offer voluntary divorce stimuli.
The OpM “allows agencies to shrink or restructure to offer employees from employees up to $ 25,000 as an incentive to separate voluntarily,” said the e-mail. This incentive is aimed at people who are in surplus positions or have skills that are no longer necessary within their department.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., leads the Health and Human Services department, which currently employs around 80,000 people and is the second cheap agency in the American budget. (Getty Images)
The payment is available for most employees within the HHS, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Employees also have the option to accept the payment if they are eligible for optional or early retirement, According to the website of the OPM.
About 75,000 federal employees correspond to Trump’s buyout offer
“By allowing employees to register to leave the government, agencies can minimize or avoid involuntary divorces through the use of expensive and disruptive reduction of strength,” the website explained.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) all work under the Department of Health and Human Services. (AP/Jacqueline Larma)
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there are currently around 80,000 people working for the HHS in a certain capacity.
The offer will be available on Monday and forms must be submitted before Friday at 5 p.m.
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The HHS is the second cheap federal agency and accounts for 20.6% of America’s budget for the tax year 2025 With $ 2.4 trillion in budgetary resources, according to USASpendent.gov. The majority of that money is spent by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
The HHS spends most of its budget financing of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services. (Istock)
The only agency with more power power is the department of the treasury.
