A Pair Of House Bills Aim To Give Fired Feds Relief 

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A Pair Of House Bills Aim To Give Fired Feds Relief 

Legislation from Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Derek Tran, D-Calif., seeks to secure benefits for federal employees recently fired by the Trump administration and help get some of their jobs back.

As reports of firings and reductions in force continue to emerge from agencies across the federal government, a legislative push back on Capitol Hill has commenced.

A pair of bills from Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Derek Tran, D-Calif., introduced on Feb. 26, aim to provide some relief for federal employees recently let go by the Trump administration, albeit with different focuses. Follow link to read more from Government Executive. https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/03/pair-house-bills-aim-give-fired-feds-relief/403457/

RIF Watch: See Which Agencies Are Laying Off Federal Workers 

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RIF Watch: See Which Agencies Are Laying Off Federal Workers 

Here are the agencies where we have confirmed layoffs have taken or are about to take place. We will update as we learn more. 

The Trump administration has given agencies a March 13 deadline to finalize their plans to slash their workforces through layoffs.

Not all agencies are waiting that long, however, and some have either already started sending out reduction-in-force notices or have explained their plans to do so. The upcoming layoffs are separate from the mass firings of probationary employees, which led to the removal of at least 25,000 workers. See our tracker of those firings here. Follow link to read full article from Government Executive. https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/rif-watch-see-which-agencies-are-laying-federal-workers/403342/?oref=ge-skybox-post

Federal Hiring Is Nearly Frozen. For Those Who Can Hire, A New Roadblock Has Emerged

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Federal Hiring Is Nearly Frozen. For Those Who Can Hire, A New Roadblock Has Emerged

The Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, DC in a 2024 file photo. While the giant agency has been exempt from the federal hiring freeze, changes to federal hiring software have made it almost impossible for the department to bring on new hires for urgently-needed medical positions.

The Trump administration is moving at lightning speed to shrink the federal government and freeze federal hiring.

The biggest barrier, according to an OPM official, congressional staffers, VA employees, and veterans’ organizations is that human resources officials across the federal government can no longer access their own new hire records without approval from senior leadership at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Follow link to read more from KPBS via NPR. https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2025/03/05/federal-hiring-is-nearly-frozen-for-those-who-can-hire-a-new-roadblock-has-emerged

Understanding Federal Retirement Options: Deferred Resignation, VERA, Postponed Retirement, and Deferred Retirement 

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Understanding Federal Retirement Options: Deferred Resignation, VERA, Postponed Retirement, and Deferred Retirement 

What retirement options are available for federal employees who may be considering leaving federal service?

With the deadline for the “Deferred Resignation” passed, we are getting a lot of questions from federal employees who are saying, “I didn’t take the deferred resignation, can I still…?”

It’s tough to make a life-altering decision with a proverbial clock ticking in the background. This stalled many federal employees from making decisions on their careers with the federal government. Now, as federal employee benefits experts, we are visiting with a lot of feds who are asking, “Now, what do I do?” Follow link to read more from FedSmith. https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/27/understanding-federal-retirement-options/

 

White House Demands Agencies Identify Hundreds Of Thousands of Potential Layoffs

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White House Demands Agencies Identify Hundreds Of Thousands of Potential Layoffs

A memo from the Trump administration gives federal officials until 13 March to submit plans for additional firings.

The Trump administration is pushing for federal agencies to carry out a large-scale slashing of the federal workforce, demanding plans for hundreds of thousands of possible cuts within weeks.

A White House memo gave officials until 13 March to submit a plan identifying “agency components and employees performing functions not mandated by statute or regulation who are not typically designated as essential” during government shutdowns. Please follow the link to read more from The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-federal-worker-layoffs-memo