Buyouts

FDIC to Offer Separation Incentives to One-Fifth of Its Workforce

Agency says effort is not a cost-cutting move, though it is also closing field offices.

  • Eric Katz

Lawmakers Question TSP Foreign Investment Decisions, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

  • Erich Wagner

TSP Flexibilities Are Weeks Away, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

  • Erich Wagner

USDA Slashes Buyout Payments for Scientific Agency Employees By 60% Ahead of Relocation

Employees of research agencies have less than a week to decide whether to accept $10,000 voluntary separation payments, despite being offered upwards of $25,000 in June.

  • Erich Wagner

EPA to Close a Las Vegas Office, Reassign Employees

Agency to seek buyout, early retirement authority despite restrictions from Congress.

  • Eric Katz

Democrats Ramp Up Attacks on Agriculture’s Planned Office Relocations

With a site announcement imminent, lawmakers demand documents and move to block plan.

  • Charles S. Clark

Early Retirement, Severance Options Unclear for Forest Service Workers Facing Layoffs

The decision to eliminate 1,100 Forest Service jobs by Sept. 30 leaves a lot of unanswered questions for employees.

  • Katherine McIntire Peters