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The Trump administration said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) it is offering incentives for nearly all civilian federal workers to resign and warned of plans to shrink the size of the government.

The “deferred resignation program” would allow federal employees to remain on the payroll through September 30 but not have to work, meaning they would take a buyout of seven months pay, according to an email sent to federal employees and seen by Reuters.

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/tru...129-p5l7x8