US agencies shrink layoff plans after mass staff exodus

15/7/2025 11:51

The Trump administration will reduce planned federal worker layoffs, a personnel official said on Monday, after tens of thousands of employees accepted buyouts or retired early to avoid dismissal.



Office of Personnel Management senior adviser Noah Peters said in a statement filed in federal court, "Several agencies are now not planning to proceed" with staff cuts.



He said the financial incentives that departments offered employees to quit in the first few months of the administration, along with "natural attrition" were the reasons agencies were rethinking layoffs.



Peters did not specify which departments were reducing their planned layoffs.