Approximately 7% of the Department of Transportation’s workforce has participated in a voluntary buyout offer of deferred resignation made by the Trump administration.

Employees who accepted the administration’s “fork in the road” offer included 4.5% at the Federal Aviation Administration, 33% at the Federal Transit Administration, 28% at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and 26% at the Federal Highway Administration, Politico reported Thursday, according to data it reviewed.

The DOT in April reportedly notified staff they had until April 7 to accept the “strictly voluntary” buyout offer under the deferred resignation program. Employees who chose to participate would receive their salaries through Sept. 30 without being required to report to work. Participants also were protected from being terminated through an “involuntary separation, such as reduction in force.”

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