Rebecca Rainey

2 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey

Nearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees briefed on the matter. More than 2,700 of the DOL’s 14,578 employees agreed to voluntarily separate from the agency under the exit offer, which allows federal employees to receive pay and benefits through September if they resign, the employees said.

2 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey

Health Law & BusinessEmailApril 22, 2025, 7:15 PM UTCNearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees briefed on the matter. More than 2,700 of the DOL’s 14,578 employees agreed to voluntarily separate from the agency under the exit offer, which allows federal employees to receive pay and benefits through September if they resign, the employees said.

2 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey

Nearly one in five workers at the US Department of Labor opted to leave their jobs later this year as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program, according to two DOL employees briefed on the matter. More than 2,700 of the DOL’s 14,578 employees agreed to voluntarily separate from the agency under the exit offer, which allows federal employees to receive pay and benefits through September if they resign, the employees said.

3 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey |Chris Marr

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers. Lawyers for Federal RIF Fights |Uber Driver Unionization BillsRebecca Rainey: With mass reductions in force across the federal government on the horizon, the AFL-CIO, federal workers’ unions, and advocacy groups have mobilized a network of more than 1,000 volunteer attorneys to provide legal services to laid off federal employees.

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Erin Slowey |Erin Schilling |Rebecca Rainey

About 2,100 of the employees who applied for the Trump administration’s second deferred resignation offer at the IRS were denied, according to a person familiar with the matter. Roughly 20,000 IRS employees applied to take the deferred resignation offer which allows them to be on paid administrative leave through Sept. 30. This is just one of the incentives the Trump administration is giving to entice federal workers to leave and further its effort to shrink the federal workforce.