Approximately 75,000 federal employees have accepted the White House’s “deferred resignation” offer, allowing them to resign but be paid through September. This offer was made to address the issue of attrition within the federal workforce, with the hope that 5% to 10% of employees would accept the offer. However, the number of employees who accepted the offer amounted to less than 5% of the federal workforce. The program was temporarily paused but was allowed to proceed again by a federal judge, who ruled that the unions that sued to stop the offer did not have legal standing. The Office of Personnel Management responded to the ruling, stating that the program was legal and beneficial for federal employees. The attrition rate of the federal workforce in fiscal year 2023 was reported to be 5.9%. The number of employees who accepted the offer was first reported by Semafor, as NBC News was unable to verify the number independently. The program is now closed, and the Office of Personnel Management stated that it provided generous benefits for federal workers to plan for their futures.
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