Trump to order US agencies to plan for 'large scale' staff cuts
Donald Trump plans to order federal agencies to lay the groundwork for widespread firings of government workers, a White House official said on Tuesday.
The order will also set forth rules requiring government agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four workers who leave the federal workforce, according to the official.
The move was the latest effort by Trump and top adviser Elon Musk to downsize and align the U.S. government with Trump's policy priorities. There have already been large-scale buyout offers, attempts to strip civil-service protections from federal workers and the effective shuttering of some federal agencies.
A large number of government workers belong to labor unions, which means any large-scale layoff or reductions-in-force must be conducted in accord with their collective bargaining agreements. Nonunion employees of the civil service also enjoy job protections under federal law.
The executive order, which is expected to be signed on Tuesday, will compel agencies to work with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency team to identify large-scale reductions in force and determine which agency components may be eliminated outright, the official said.
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