US Food and Drug Administration staff are being offered early retirement to further reduce the size of the HHS workforce as plans for more layoffs are in development.
HHS Offers Early Retirement To US FDA, Other Employees With More Layoff Plans Coming
The Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA) plan would make many FDA employees with 20 or more years of service eligible for retirement, potentially increasing senior staff departures as the agency develops more layoff plans.

More from Leadership
The General Services Administration’s updated list of “assets identified for accelerated disposition” does not include any buildings at the agency’s headquarters in White Oak, MD after its original list of “non-core” government properties for disposal had more than half the buildings on campus.
Round up of the latest appointments: PAGB names vice presidents; Activ'Inside gets first US head; EMA elects management board chair.
Stakeholders are pleading for newly confirmed FDA Commissioner Martin Makary to stand up for the agency's high scientific standards and staff as he begins his term.
US FDA Commissioner nominee Martin Makary is being embraced by industry, and Senate Democrats, as a more traditional pick than other Trump Administration nominees, but the Make America Healthy Again agenda still is clearly coming to the agency.
More from HBW Insight
Vitawell seeking to empower consumers left confused by the vast array of dietary supplements available to them in the UK.
Tariffs on imports from China and look at eliminating self-affirmed GRAS pathway introduced under Trump while DoJ Consumer Protection Branch also continues supplement sector priorities enduring across administrations.
Round up of the latest appointments: PAGB names vice presidents; Activ'Inside gets first US head; EMA elects management board chair.