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Federal workers face buyout deadline as Musk dismantles agencies - Washington Examiner

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The White House rejected a report that a mere 20,000 federal workers had taken the early exit option put forth as part of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting plan.

A source familiar with the figures suggested the initial paring back of 5-10% of the workforce could be achieved before the 11:59 p.m. deadline Thursday .

The resignation offer, first announced in a Jan. 28Fork in the Road ,” mass email, has met fierce pushback from Democrats and labor unions.

OPM says the offer is legally binding but an employee can request a rescission of his or her resignation if the government backstrack on its commitments.

If the government were to partially or completely shut down after March 14 , “payments to all affected employees (regardless of whether they accepted the deferred resignation offer) would be temporarily paused”.

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