India, Jan. 30 -- The newly-formed US government under the second term of President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, offered the federal employees to resign from their posts in exchange of an eight-month severance pay and retaining all the benefits till September this year. The employees have to make a decision by February 6.

Titled 'Fork in the road', the e-mail offered a "deferred resignation program" to its employees while outlining the Trump administration's plans to rework the federal workplaces. The email says that those who will voluntarily resign from the workforce will "retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all applicable in-person work requirements until September 30, 2025 (or earlier ...