As part of its sweeping reorganization plans, the Agriculture Department is telling at least some federal employees they have until the end of the month to decide whether they will pick up and relocate — or otherwise resign from their jobs.
Food Safety and Inspection Service employees who have been flagged for a reassignment received notice earlier this week from agency management, regarding an “updated management-directed reassignment acknowledgement.” The internal agency message, obtained and viewed by Federal News Network, sets a June 30 deadline for affected FSIS employees to make their relocation decision, which would then take effect at the end of September.
If employees do not want to relocate, the email said they must accept a separation offer by the end of this month. Employees who choose to decline the reassignment will be considered “involuntarily separated” as of Sept. 30 and may be eligible for severance pay…