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 ...
The White House says more than 20,000 federal workers have taken buyouts — and they expect a 'spike' in the coming days
The reported buyouts are for below the typical annual attrition rate for the federal government. More than 100,000 federal ...
OPM employees file suit to block use of new email system
Two Office of Personnel Management employees are asking a court to block the agency from using computer systems and emails connected with its buyout offers to federal employees. It’s the latest ...
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 ...
Musk's buyout scheme for federal employees is an "illegal scam," Democrats charge
We demand that you immediately rescind this offer,” Democrats wrote in a Feb. 3 letter to President Donald Trump. “Federal ...
After offering buyouts to air traffic controllers, Trump administration says they’re exempt from ‘early retirement’ following deadly plane crashes
Air traffic controllers are exempt from a buyout offer President Trump’s administration introduced last week to nearly 2 ...
DOJ sidesteps language endorsing legality of buyouts in email to staff
A small tweak to an email encouraging federal employees to take a buyout indicates the Justice Department wouldn’t vouch for ...
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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 administration’s offer, or if they are even eligible for it.