Federal workers shouldn’t sign OPM’s resignation agreement
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary and Nick Bednar, a law professor at the University of Minnesota Law School on legality of deferred resignation.
What happens when a federal worker accepts Trump's deferred resignation offer?
When a U.S. Office of Personnel Management email last Tuesday entitled "Fork in the Road" offered a "deferred resignation" to 2 million federal government employees, the move sent shockwaves through federal agencies.
Q&A: Explaining OPM’s deferred resignation for federal workers
Feeling lost about what OPM’s deferred resignation means for federal workers? Here’s a break down of frequently asked questions released by the Trump administration.
10 Key Questions Before Taking The Federal Deferred Resignation Offer
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees must decide by February 6, 2025, whether to accept the " Fork in the Road" deferred resignation offer.
Federal workers face mounting pressure to decide on Trump resignation offer
The Trump administration issued an email blast on Jan. 28 giving most of the country’s 2.3 million eligible employees federal workers the option to resign with pay through Sept. 30. The deadline to decide on whether to accept the offer is Thursday.
OPM presents federal workers with ‘deferred resignation offer’
The White House is giving federal employees until Feb. 6 to accept the offer, President Trump’s latest move to drastically cut the government’s workforce.
More Than 20,000 US Federal Workers Sign up for Buyout Offer
Over 20,000 U.S. federal employees, roughly 1% of the government workforce, have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs, a source said on Tuesday, in return for continuing to receive their salaries through the end of September.
Federal workers shouldn’t sign OPM’s sham resignation agreement
Sign the “Deferred Resignation” contract at your peril. A law professor says you may be giving up some essential rights.
The former head of the OPM condemns Trump buyout offer and says federal workers are being ‘tormented’
Acting as a kind of HR department for the federal government and tasked with managing that workforce, the OPM made headlines last week when it sent millions of federal workers a b
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Agency exemptions to OPM’s deferred resignation offer come into focus
Employees at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are told they can't accept OPM's "deferred resignation" offer, while VA said more guidance is coming.
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OPM will grant VERA authority to all agencies, as confusion around ‘deferred resignation’ program continues
With just one week before the deadline, many federal workers are still unclear whether they can trust the Trump ...
OPM, implementing Musk's DOGE plans, sends federal workers 2nd 'Fork in the Road' email
The Office of Personnel Management, carrying out Elon Musk's plan to trim the government, has sent federal workers a ...
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Union lawsuit seeks to block ‘deferred resignation’ program
OPM's controversial workforce reduction program violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Anti-deficiency Act, unions claim.
Federal workers file lawsuit to block deferred resignation program before the Feb. 6 deadline
WASHINGTON — Federal worker unions have filed a lawsuit hoping to block the Trump administration's deferred resignation program before the Feb. 6 deadline.
Trump administration plans sweeping layoffs among workers who don’t opt to resign
The Trump administration is planning widespread layoffs among the federal workforce soon, leaving employees who don’t accept ...
Federal workers who accept buyout must waive their right to legal action, contract says
Federal employees who have been offered a buyout have begun receiving a copy of the contract they must sign in order to ...
Number of federal employees opting for deferred resignations below White House’s goals
At least 20,000 federal employees have reportedly accepted the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, totaling ...