Swordsmyth
11-12-2019, 10:04 PM
The Trump administration reportedly notified hundreds of Interior Department employees Tuesday that they will have 30 days to relocate to western states or face the potential of job terminations.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is relocating 27 employees from Washington, D.C., to the agency’s new headquarters in Colorado and another 220 to field offices out West, Government Executive (GE) reported Tuesday. The relocated employees reportedly have until (https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2019/11/interior-department-delivers-hundreds-relocation-notices-employees/161246/) Dec. 12 to agree to the move; if they don’t accept the terms, then they’ll be fired.
Each employee will be given 90 days to report to duty at their new post if they agree to the move, GE reported. Employees say few of their colleagues have accepted the relocations.
“We sincerely hope employees will be able to follow their positions to the new locations but there are many factors that an individual may consider when deciding whether or not to relocate,” Derrick Henry, a BLM spokesman, told Government Executive.
Department of Agriculture employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) are being (https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/14/sonny-perdue-silent-protest-kansas-city/) directed to relocate to Kansas City, Missouri. The move is expected to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Roughly 60 employees with the Agriculture Department relocated by Sept. 30, a local Kansas City media outlet reported (https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/60-usda-employees-relocate-to-kansas-city-by-deadline-agency-says).
More at: https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/12/interior-department-trump-relocate/
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is relocating 27 employees from Washington, D.C., to the agency’s new headquarters in Colorado and another 220 to field offices out West, Government Executive (GE) reported Tuesday. The relocated employees reportedly have until (https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2019/11/interior-department-delivers-hundreds-relocation-notices-employees/161246/) Dec. 12 to agree to the move; if they don’t accept the terms, then they’ll be fired.
Each employee will be given 90 days to report to duty at their new post if they agree to the move, GE reported. Employees say few of their colleagues have accepted the relocations.
“We sincerely hope employees will be able to follow their positions to the new locations but there are many factors that an individual may consider when deciding whether or not to relocate,” Derrick Henry, a BLM spokesman, told Government Executive.
Department of Agriculture employees at the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) are being (https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/14/sonny-perdue-silent-protest-kansas-city/) directed to relocate to Kansas City, Missouri. The move is expected to save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Roughly 60 employees with the Agriculture Department relocated by Sept. 30, a local Kansas City media outlet reported (https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/60-usda-employees-relocate-to-kansas-city-by-deadline-agency-says).
More at: https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/12/interior-department-trump-relocate/