What laid-off workers should do now that deferred resignation is closed
The Deferred Resignation Program is now closed. Resignations received after 7:20 p.m. Eastern time on Feb. 12, 2025, will not ...
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OPM continues to tweak 'deferred resignation' provisions as unions press court challenge
As the parties await a written decision from a federal judge in Massachusetts, unions fighting the controversial ‘Fork in the ...
DOGE's 'fork in the road' deferred resignation deadline can proceed, judge says
A federal judge who previously paused the deferred resignation deadline for federal workers allowed it to proceed on ...
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OPM advises agencies to fire probationary employees after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline
The Office of Personnel Management is advising all federal agencies to fire their probationary employees after it stopped accepting new offers for its “deferred resignation” program last night.
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Unions lack standing to challenge ‘deferred resignation,’ judge rules, voiding deadline pause
The decision dissolves the temporary pause the court placed on the deadline for workers to accept the Trump administration’s ...
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Judge extends pause on ‘deferred resignation’ deadline
U.S. District Judge George O’Toole reportedly said he was considering converting the existing temporary restraining order ...
Federal judge in Boston clears way for Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with a deferred resignation program
The judge that a group of labor unions did not have legal standing to challenge the program, commonly described as a buyout.
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Judge lifts restraining order blocking deferred resignation program
In a written ruling Wednesday, a federal judge in Boston said unions who had sued to block the program lacked standing to obtain a temporary restraining order.