{"id":2404821,"date":"2025-02-20T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-layoffs-could-cost-government-billions-in-unemployment-payouts-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:51:59","slug":"trump-layoffs-could-cost-government-billions-in-unemployment-payouts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-layoffs-could-cost-government-billions-in-unemployment-payouts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump layoffs could cost government billions in unemployment payouts &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-layoffs-could-cost-government-billions-in-unemployment-payouts-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration has initiated mass layoffs aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reducing federal\u2064 workforce costs<\/a>\u2063 by seeking to cut 10% of federal employees, \u200dincluding many\u2064 on probation. \u2062This\u2064 move, however, \u2064could lead to\u200c considerable\u2063 government expenses in the form \u200dof\u200c unemployment benefits, possibly amounting to billions of dollars. With rising unemployment claims in Washington, D.C., attributed to these layoffs, there was a\u2062 notable 36% increase\u200d in claims reported in one week alone. The maximum unemployment benefit in D.C. \u200bis $444\u200b per week, leading to predictions that 200,000 laid-off\u200b employees receiving unemployment for six months could cost the government approximately $2.3\u2064 billion. Additionally, many employees accepted a deferred resignation package that provides pay and benefits \u2064until\u2063 september,\u2064 which the administration claims will \u2064result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-in-joe-bidens-build-back-better-act\/\" title=\"What\u2019s In Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Act?\">long-term savings<\/a> \u200bfor \u2063taxpayers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump mass layoffs could cost government billions of dollars in unemployment benefits<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1983985\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> has laid off tens of thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">federal<\/a> employees in an effort to save taxpayers money, but the government will still have to pay for these terminated employees&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unemployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">unemployment benefits,<\/a> which could total billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The White House is seeking to cut 10% of the federal workforce, having issued a request to cut all probationary employees, which could affect approximately 280,000 employees who&rsquo;ve been employed for less than two years by the federal government. However, some of these probationary employees, such as those at the National Nuclear Security Administration, were later asked to return to their positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and his team have also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3318893\/judge-reinstates-trump-deferred-resignation-offer-federal-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deferred resignation offer<\/a> to most federal employees, which would offer roughly eight months of salary for those who chose to accept it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3323628\/has-doge-really-saved-55-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HAS DOGE REALLY SAVED $55 BILLION?<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is uncertain how much money the federal government will be saving from the layoffs. However, the Department of Veteran Affairs, which has fired 1,000 employees, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/press-room\/va-dismisses-more-than-1000-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shared<\/a> that it now expects to save more than $98 million annually.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unemployment claims on the rise<\/h2>\n<p>In Washington, D.C., unemployment claims have skyrocketed in just the last couple of weeks, corresponding with the mass firings across the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>In the week ending on February 8, 1,780 unemployment claims were filed in D.C. &mdash; a 36% increase from the 1,310 claims filed the previous week. There has been a 55% increase in unemployment claims in the first six weeks of 2025 than in the previous period of the same duration.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/unemployment.dc.gov\/page\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">qualify <\/a>for unemployment in Washington, D.C., and across the country, a person must have lost their job through no fault of their own, be able and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-becomes-latest-state-to-end-300-unemployment-bonus\/\" title=\"Alabama Becomes Latest State To End 0 ... Bonus\">actively seeking work<\/a>, and have made enough wages in the last year to qualify, which will determine how much money they&rsquo;re eligible to receive.<\/p>\n<p>Those eligible for unemployment can receive benefits in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and in most states for up to 26 weeks or six months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much might the firings cost the government in unemployment payouts?<\/h2>\n<p>How much money a person is eligible for in unemployment benefits is based upon the state where they reside and their prior income. In Washington, D.C., the maximum weekly paycheck a person can receive on unemployment is $444.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following these numbers, if 200,000 of the terminated federal employees receive $444 weekly of unemployment for 26 weeks, it would cost the federal government $88.8 million a week. Over six months, that comes to an estimated $2.3 billion in unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3306047\/four-takeaways-kash-patel-senate-confirmation-hearing-fbi-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>FOUR TAKEAWAYS FROM KASH PATEL&rsquo;S SENATE HEARING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, 77,000 employees have accepted the Trump administration&rsquo;s deferred resignation package, which will offer them full pay and benefits till the end of September. It is uncertain how much money that will cost, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it will save the federal government hundreds of millions of dollars in the long run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with this buyout,&rdquo; Leavitt told NewsNation&rsquo;s Markie Martin. &ldquo;When you think about the overall cost &hellip; we are saving the American taxpayers money at the end of the day, and this is going to make our government more efficient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1983985\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1983985\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s layoffs may lead to billions in unemployment costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2404822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25029698603924-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50763,7970,3634,50762,32076],"class_list":["post-2404821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-government-costs","tag-layoffs","tag-trump","tag-unemployment-payouts","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25029698603924-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404825,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404821\/revisions\/2404825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}