Departments may offer Voluntary Departure Programs to mitigate WFA impacts. These allow employees to express interest in being laid off (only if no Guarantee of a reasonable job offer (GRJO) is available). It is at the discretion of management to accept an expression of interest to volunteer.

For WFA situations involving five (5) or more affected employees in the same group, level, and work unit, departments are required to establish Voluntary Departure Programs. Employees will have at least 30 calendar days to decide whether they wish to participate.

To learn more about these programs, including the benefits and consequences of participation, please refer to Sections 6.4.1 (B), (C)(i), and (C)(ii) of the Directive.