Judge allows Trump’s deferred resignations plan for federal workers to proceed
Boston – A federal judge in Massachusetts allows bids provided by the Trump administration”Deferred resignation“For federal workers who voluntarily leave government services, the deadline for the program has been suspended and the previous court order has been cancelled.
Judge George O’Toole of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs in the case (the union representing federal employees) lacked a position in the first place. He also ruled that he had no jurisdiction to prevent the plan from proceeding.
The judge initially pause The initial deadline for February 6 was for workers to accept the offer last week and a hearing on Monday was held whether he should issue a temporary restraining order to extend the pause.
Personnel Management Office or OPM, Notified Last month, more than 2 million federal employees had the option to quit and retain full salary and benefits. Until September 30. According to the notice, government work must be carried out during the deferred resignation.
OPM’s message, informing workers with a subject line “fork” that they do not accept “full assurance” that the Trump administration cannot have for their continued employment. OPM also noted that many federal agencies will reduce the scale “by reorganization, reorganization and reduction in effectiveness.”
The union representing federal workers sued the federal government last week for the cessation deadline and challenged the legitimacy of the program, believing that the program violated federal law. But in Wednesday’s ruling, O’Toole wrote that the union’s alleged damages were not enough.
He found that the plaintiff was “not directly affected by the order.”
“They claimed that the directive suffered them from upstream effects, including transfer of resources to answer members’ questions about the directive, potential membership, and possible reputational hazards,” the judge wrote. “The union did not require direct shares in the forklift directive, Instead, it’s challenging policies that affect others.”
O’Toole also wrote that aggrieved employees may challenge the deferred resignation program, with a deadline required by law to challenge the program first through the administrator, rather than the judicial review process.
“The possible cancellation of this administrative process by the union itself does not mean a lack of proper judicial review,” the judge wrote.
It is not clear what new deadlines the program will set for OPM.
“We will continue to seek all legal options to defend civil servants and protect the American people from extremism,” Skye Perrymann, a democratic striker, said in a statement on behalf of the union.
Thei is a panel representing the union debate, and the proposal to deferred resignation is part of President Trump’s broader initiative to cut the size of the federal government. Shortly after the second term began last month, the president issued several directives aimed at reducing the federal workforce, including mandatory employees Return to the office Five days a week, Recover order This creates a new category for many professional civil servants, effectively depriving certain employment protections.
He also uses billionaire Elon Musk to oversee the supervision White House Department of Efficiency, Or door. Since then, Musk and the threshold employees have targeted at least twelve federal agencies, including the Treasury and the Labor Department.
Doge can access the proxy system spark one Killing of litigation From a union representing federal workers.
