Layoffs likely if too few US government employees quit, report says

(Reuters) – Layoffs of federal workers would be “likely” if too few employees quit under the White House’s deferred resignation program, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a memo from a General Services Administration official.

The White House last week offered 2 million civilian full-time federal workers to remain on the payroll through Sept. 30 but without having to work under the resignation offer, which is set to expire on Thursday.

(Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; editing by Susan Heavey)