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.
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.
OPM adds VERA to its deferred resignation offer to federal employees
OPM's acting director also confirmed the agency’s governmentwide offer for deferred resignations is "valid, lawful, and will be honored by OPM.”
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.
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.
In reversal, CISA workforce now permitted to take deferred resignation offer
Staff within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are now permitted to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, reversing an exemption notice provided late last week saying CISA and other Department of Homeland Security bureaus would not qualify because of national security reasons.
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.
IRS Workers Who Took Trump Resignation Offer Will Have To Work Anyway
After sending out an offer to federal employees encouraging them to resign, some IRS workers have been told they may not qualify—until after tax season is over.
Some IRS employees taking OPM’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer told to keep working until May 15
More broadly, federal employees say they’re increasingly skeptical of OPM’s offer as new details have emerged.
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Trump administration plans sweeping layoffs among workers who don’t opt to resign
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