OPM finalises rule allowing paid leave in federal workforce cuts
Final regulations codify the deferred resignation program's use of administrative leave; unions and critics say the savings case is unproven
The US Office of Personnel Management has finalised regulations that formally allow federal agencies to place employees on paid administrative leave when they agree to leave their jobs during workforce reductions, codifying the practice that underpinned the Trump administration's deferred resignation program (DRP) last year.