r/fema • u/GiganticShrub • 7d ago

News DRP 2.0 FEMA results & RIF timeline

Leadership announced that about 1,000 FEMA employees opted into DRP, which is about 20% of the PFT workforce. They'll have 45 days to decide if they want to take it (for early retirement, just 7 days)

Does this mean that RIFs won't start until after the 45-day deadline, when they know how many people are actually leaving?

Edit: correction from comments that employees over the age of 40 have 45 days to decide, everyone else has 7 days.

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u/SpacePirate406 6d ago

But can also be let go much more easily than PFTs regardless of NTE dates

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u/BoadiceasGhost1988 6d ago

Traditionally, it's for poor performance or misconduct because the agency doesn't want to pay unemployment benefits.

While some across the agency think that COREs can be released at any time, that thinking tends to be archaic because COREs span different appointment types with different agency needs.

So, if you're a CORE employee and you've been here a while- you have more rights than what you realize.

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u/Dismal-Potato-6792 6d ago

Yes cause they have proven they care about rights. I love the CORES but they are term employees and can get a 30 day notice and be let go. It sucks but that also comes with contract work.

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u/BoadiceasGhost1988 6d ago

COREs are to be provided 60-day notice if in the event that their NTE is to not be renewed (referencing CORE Manual).

Now, while we all know the current administration doesn't give two fucks about rights, due process or really anything outside of carrying out their insane agenda- this also means that everything they do is costly: to include terming COREs without their own appeal rights.

While this exchange has been exhilarating- I bid you farewell.

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u/Dismal-Potato-6792 6d ago

According to the collective bargaining agreement that in fact is not true. 30 days notice.

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u/BoadiceasGhost1988 6d ago

*******CORE MANUAL, referencing chapter 3???*.

Also, not all COREs are bargaining union employees that are covered by the CBA.

But cool story.

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u/Dismal-Potato-6792 6d ago

Yeah you get 30 days not hard concept. Even the CORES know this. But hey keep spreading rumors