Is the Trump administration's buyout offer to federal employees legal?
Tens of thousands of government workers have already agreed to accept a "deferred resignation," but legal experts are calling its validity into question as it sidesteps Congress.
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President Donald Trump‘s voluntary resignation offer to federal workers leaves them with few legal options if they decide to take the deal and later try to sue.
As Trump wages war against the federal bureaucracy, some workers fight back
Undergirding a fight formed in group texts and between cubicles is a conviction that nonpartisan civil servants provide a necessary check on Trump’s power.
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Trump DOGE Exit Offer Vexes Federal Workers Nearing Retirement
Federal workers mulling their future health and retirement benefits are at an impasse as they weigh a deferred resignation offer from the Trump administration that is itself subject to a federal court challenge.
Court’s pause of federal worker ‘buyout’ gives Trump administration more time to get more applications
A court order temporarily blocking a federal worker “buyout” plan is giving President Donald Trump’s administration more time to convince people to head for the exits. The administration had fought the effort to extend the deadline,
'Confused’ and ‘scared’: Lawyer shares federal workers’ reaction to Trump buyout offers
Lawyer and Partner at Tully Rinckey Michael Fallings, who is an expert in federal employment law, joins Chris Jansing to provide more insight on the buyout plans offered to federal workers from the Trump administration.
Federal workers are weighing Trump buyout offer. Who exactly are they?
The administration set a deadline for Thursday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern for employees to decide on the offer. But a federal judge in Massachusetts paused the deadline until at least a hearing set for Monday at 2 p.
US Judge Pushes Back Deadline for Trump's Buyout Offer for Government Employees
A federal judge on Thursday pushed back to Monday a deadline for U.S. government employees to opt into the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program offering workers nearly eight months of pay and benefits to leave their jobs.
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The Challenge of Navigating U.S. Employment Law in 2025
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Federal workers get delay in resignation deadline — here's what to know
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What are the rules for probationary periods and federal employees?
The rules around federal probationary periods gained attention after an OPM memo asked agencies for lists of all their ...
Exclusive: ACLU asks Congress to investigate plans to fire ‘probationary’ federal employees
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is asking Congress to investigate the Trump administration’s plans for “imminent ...
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Legal Insider: Federal employees weigh options with federal employment resignations
Additionally, the government has backed off the initial plan to allow the individuals to not work at all during the deferred ...
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" ...