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The decision follows Trump’s Feb. 11 executive order asking agencies to prepare for ‘large-scale reductions in force.’
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is set to lay off a large number of employees, with workers being offered incentives of up to $25,000 for voluntary separation, the department said in a Feb. 27 statement.
Offices that perform functions not mandated by statute could be prioritized for workforce reductions, including staffing cuts, reassignments, and abolishing positions and organizations.
SSA will “soon implement agency-wide organizational restructuring that will include significant workforce reductions,” the department said. The agency “may reassign employees from non-mission critical positions to mission critical direct service positions (e.g., field offices, teleservice centers, processing centers). Reassignments may be involuntary and may require retraining for new workloads.”
Employees who do not wish to participate in the restructuring process may choose to leave federal service through various retirement or resignation programs, including Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA).
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