GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9. 5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration ’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce. As part of efforts by the “department ...
Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/doge-payments-federal-worker-leave)