Early Retirement, Severance Options Unclear for Forest Service Workers Facing Layoffs

Government Executive: Nearly a week after the Forest Service told 1,065 employees their jobs would be terminated later this year, federal workers are still waiting to learn what, if any, their options are for early retirement, severance pay or job placement elsewhere in government.

The employees at the agency’s Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers learned during a conference call on May 24 that the Agriculture Department, the Forest Service’s parent organization, planned to transfer the centers to the Labor Department by the end of September.

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