The US Department of Health and Human Services increased its voluntary buyout offer for some employees for further layoffs this week as the agency faces pressure to reduce headcount, according to an email viewed by Bloomberg.

Most of the 80,000 federal employees working under the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as $25,000 as part of the Trump administration's federal workforce cuts.

Most of the 80,000 federal workers under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as $25,000.