If they all qualified for reparations, the lump-sum payment alone would cost the city $225 billion.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/28/california-reparations-task-force-under-pressure-f/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

That offer included no change to last year’s below-inflation pay increase—and offered further below inflation increases for this year and following with a lump-sum bribe.

Source: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/anger-as-union-mulls-new-royal-mail-offer-rail-strike-reballot/

The bottom line is that regardless of the financial advantages or disadvantages of using the leave while employed, it might be nice to have the lump-sum annual leave payment to weather the transition from employee to annuitant.

Source: https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2023/11/some-your-common-questions-answered-about-csrs-and-fers/391907/