Is it real or is it a trick? Federal workers debate legitimacy of buyout offer as deadline nears
Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is wondering whether to quit. Musk, one of President Donald Trump’s most powerful advisers,
Deadline looms for federal workers on Trump’s resignation offer
Eligible federal workers must decide by 11:59 pm ET on Thursday whether to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, which will allow them to leave their jobs but be paid through the end of September.
Unions sue Trump administration over ‘arbitrary and capricious’ federal employee buyout offers
Unions representing federal employees filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order and delay of a Feb. 6 deadline to accept a buyout from the Trump administration.
Musk ‘Buyout’ Taken By 40,000 Federal Workers as Deadline Nears
The Trump administration’s offer to pay federal employees through the end of September if they agree to leave by the end of February has attracted more than 40,000 sign-ups as of Wednesday — about 2% of the federal civilian workforce.
Unions Sue to Block Federal Worker Buyout Plan as 20,000 Line up to Quit
The American Federation of Government Employees and two other unions claim the buyout offer is "arbitrary and capricious" and violates federal law, according to the complaint. The White House last week offered 2 million civilian full-time federal workers an opportunity to stop working this week and receive pay and benefits through Sept.
Federal workers have until Feb. 6 to decide on Trump's buyout offer. Here's what it includes.
What’s happening In an effort to reduce the size of the federal workforce, the Trump administration last week offered buyouts to all federal employees who resign by Feb. 6. Federal workers have until this Thursday to accept the Trump administration’s offer to quit their jobs.
Federal Worker Unions Sue Trump Administration Over ‘Buyout’
Unions representing hundreds of thousands of US government employees are suing the Trump administration over its effort to convince a wide swath of the federal workforce to resign with promises of full pay for months of little to no work.
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Federal Employees Protest Musk’s ‘Fork in the Road’ Offer With Spoon Emojis
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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 ...