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Workforce

Who stays and who goes during a RIF? OPM wants to change the rules for retaining employees

Proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management prioritize an employee's performance over length of service when choosing who to retain during a reduction in force (RIF). The regulations are another piece of President Trump's 2018 executive order on employee firings.

Government Shutdown

Agencies to send second furlough notices if government shutdown hits 30-day mark

Government Shutdown

Furloughed feds won't be RIFed if government shutdown extends past 30 days, OMB says

Commentary

Would you recommend the government as an employer?

Budget

4 small details to know from the 2018 omnibus

Federal Report

Why are some buyouts like matsutake mushrooms?

Federal Report

RIF, buyout, early retirement: Are you ready?

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Your Turn

Is there a buyout (or a layoff) in your future?

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Mike Causey

Could millennials become an endangered species thanks to RIFs?

Money and Time Background

Federal Report

Buyouts: What's in it for you?

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Workforce

NRC preparing for RIFs, but not for the reason you might think

Concept of unemployment and business downsizing symbol as a group of businesswomen and businessmen drawings being swept away by a broom as a symbol for employee reduction with 3D illustration elements.

Federal Report

What if D (for decimation) Day is tomorrow?

Rex Tillerson

Tom Temin Commentary

How to carry out a headcount reduction

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Federal Report

Relax ... for a week if you're lucky

jeff neal

Commentary

Is a buyout worth taking?

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Federal Report

Would RIFs put millennials on the endangered species list?

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Mike Causey

End of the hiring freeze. Then what?

Federal Report

Will you still be in your job this time next year?

Heather White

Federal Drive

Heather White: What laws and regulations currently affect RIFs?

jeff neal

Commentary

Hiring freezes have consequences — and so do budgets

jeff neal

Commentary

RIF: Not an easy solution for downsizing a workforce

jeff neal

Commentary

DoD’S new RIF rules: A big deal or not?

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Defense

Pentagon civilian workforce cuts on-target, contracting on the rise