early retirement

Eligible employees of SSA have until May 31 to decide if they will take an early retirement, according to an email Federal News Network obtained.

In today’s Federal Newscast, A DHS IG report reveals that a quarter of the 8,000 TSA officers who left the agency in fiscal 2017, left within the first six months on the job.

The Environmental Protection Agency may offer more buyouts and early retirements to its workforce later this year, once Congress approves a federal spending plan.

The U.S. Postal Service will make early retirement offers to 26,000 mail handlers and postal clerks this week, in an effort to reduce the workforce due to declining mail volume.

In today’s Federal Newscast, in an attempt to rightsize the agency’s workforce, the Postal Service is the latest agency to offer early retirement to many of its long-time employees.

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says if you’re hoping for a $40,000 buyout from your agency, you can forget about it, unless you work for DoD.

The buyouts the Trump administration offered to many EPA employees are starting to take effect.

The EPA’s watchdog says it missed the mark on some of the goals of an early retirement and buyout campaign.

Gary Morton, AFGE’s VERA/VSIP lead negotiator, says employees also need to consider what budget cuts could mean for themselves and the agency in 2018.