Judge To Consider Extending Pause on Trump’s Federal Worker Buyout Plan Source: NBC Philadelphia • The federal judge who paused the Trump administration’s offer of mass buyouts for government workers is set to hear arguments about the legality of the “deferred resignation” program. • Judge George O’Toole Jr. will consider arguments from a handful of […]
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Federal Government Employee Buyout The ruling came just hours before the deadline for employees to take the offer. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration and DOGE head Elon Musk from implementing their “Fork in the Road” federal employee buyout offer until at least Monday afternoon. U.S. District Judge George […]
Federal Workers Who Accept Buyout Must Waive Their Right To Legal Action, Contract Says Employees who have been offered the buyout have begun receiving the contract. Over 20K federal workers have taken Trump administration’s buyout offer. The administration had previously said they hoped 5 to 10% of the federal workforce would take the offer to […]
Surviving Policy Changes: Must-Dos for Federal Employees Well. It’s been quite a couple of weeks for Feds, hasn’t it? From the issuance of numerous executive orders calling for a return to in-person work, a hiring freeze, and enhanced accountability across all levels of the federal government to a flurry of emails offering an unprecedented “deferred […]
Employee Groups, Democrats, Experts Warn Feds Not to Accept ‘Deferred Resignation’ Offer The lack of a legal underpinning for the purported eight-month severance package, and Elon Musk’s history of offering—and then revoking—severance payments1 have many federal workers wary of the measure. Following the haphazard rollout Tuesday of a plan the White House claimed offered “buyouts” […]