Those who opted to leave would be paid through the end of September. The move appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has urged government workers to quit their "lower productivity jobs" and seek work in the private sector, and to take a vacation to a "dream destination," sparking outrage among civil servants.

If you’re a federal worker and wondering whether to send that resignation email, here’s my advice: Don’t. From a personal finance standpoint, the Trump administration’s proffer to civil service employees is disruptive and disrespectful.

President Donald Trump is offering incentives to resign to nearly all federal workers in an attempt to reduce the size of the government. The administration expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept the offer, which contains eight months of pay and benefits. The White House confirmed the plan to the Washington Examiner.

The Trump administration began offering buyouts for federal employees Tuesday who agree to resign by Feb. 6, according to multiple outlets, making the offer in an effort to reduce the federal workforce he recently ordered to return to in-person work.

The Trump administration offered federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits. More than 50 Wasatch Front business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs urged the governor and Utah Legislature to reconsider the gondola plan.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.