Trump offers millions of federal workers eight months of pay to resign

President Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal employees, a major move designed to shrink and reform the US government.

In an email sent on Tuesday, his administration told workers they had to decide by 6 February whether they wanted to be part of a "deferred resignation" programme.

If they agree by then to quit in September, the message said, they would receive about eight months' worth of salary as a severance package.