Onerous federal regulations could stymie the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off the most entrenched and highest-paid government workers, and could perversely result in terminated DEI specialists being given preference for open jobs across the government, a Daily Wire review found.
“Reductions in Force (RIF),” as government layoffs are known, are governed by complicated regulations that give extraordinary rights to people who have worked for the government the longest — even letting them “bump,” or steal the job of, someone below them. They often keep the same pay grade after nabbing a subordinate’s job, resulting in overpaying people to do menial jobs, while getting rid of the freshest and most affordable talent.
“A RIF is going to leave the oldest, most entrenched bureaucrats in place, and get rid of the youngest, lowest-paid employees, and even they are going…