Federal workers have a constellation of retirement benefits, and assessing them can get complicated fast. Here are five high-stakes decisions to focus on.

The Trump administration has set its sights on the sprawling federal bureaucracy. On Jan. 28, the Office of Personnel Management sent an email to much of the

Decision time is looming for an estimated 2 million federal employees who are eligible for the buyout plan proffered by President Trump. Workers have until Thursday to decide whether or not to accept the buyout.

Over 20,000 federal employees have offered to resign in exchange for financial incentives from the Trump administration, with numbers increasing before the deadline. The proposal, part of a plan to reduce government size,

The Trump administration is offering what amounts to buyouts for federal workers who don’t want to return to the office as part of the president’s breakneck efforts to reshape the government in

The American Federation of Government Employees and two other unions claim the buyout offer is "arbitrary and capricious" and violates federal law, according to the complaint. The White House last week offered 2 million civilian full-time federal workers an opportunity to stop working this week and receive pay and benefits through Sept.

The White House expects the number of federal employees who accept the buyout offer to grow rapidly in the leadup to Thursday's deadline.