Comer Vows to bring federal employees back to work
Chairman of the James Comer supervisory committee made destructive comments during the first hearing of the 119th congress and criticized the handling of the BIDEN Government of telephoning policy for federal employees.
A coalition of lawyers -general warns federal employees of the Trump administrationThe “questionable” buyout offer, saying that those who choose to resign may not guarantee the benefits.
Almost all federal employees were offered a buy -out as part of the president Donald TrumpThe attempts to allow employees to physically return to the office. They have sent to all federal employees until Thursday to register, according to an Office or Personnel Management (OPM) e -mail.
Those who choose to resign under the program retain all wages and benefits, regardless of the workload, and will be exempt from their personal work requirements until 30 September.
The attorney general, however, said that trade unions representing federal employees – the American federation of government employees and the national federal employees – have warned their members to accept the offer, saying that they have not guaranteed the benefits.
President Donald Trump, from the left, speaks as a commercial secretary, Howard Lutnick and Rupert Murdoch Listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday 3 February 2025, in Washington, while Trump is preparing to sign an executive order. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“Federal employees offer essential services that Americans trust every day, and form an essential part of the Californian economy and communities throughout the state,” said the attorney -general Rob Bonta in California in a statement. “The so-called buy-out offer of the Trump government is a pointed attack aimed at dismantling our federal workforce and sowing chaos for Americans who are dependent on a functioning government. I drove it with federal employees to warnings of Their trade unions to be very careful for any buyout offers. ”
The other lawyers are from Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Washington.
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Attorney General Rob Bonta in California is talking about efforts to combat hate crimes in California. (Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
The buy -out offer was made after Trump obliged all federal employees to return to the office. The e -mail to federal employees noted that the majority of federal employees who have worked remotely since Covid Must return to their physical offices five days a week.
“The government-wide e-mail sent today is to ensure that all federal employees are on board with the plan of the new administration to have federal employees in function and to adhere to higher standards,” a high administration officer said earlier earlier To Fox News. “We are five years past Covid and only 6 percent of federal employees work full -time. That is unacceptable.”
In a letter to his members, the issued noticed that the program Does not guarantee that the employee’s dismissal is accepted or that the benefits are paid.
In a statement last week, Nffe National President Randy Erwin said that the buy -out should not be treated as a legitimate offer.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty images)
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“This offer from OpM should not be taken seriously,” Erwin said. “The offer is not bound by existing legislation or policy, nor is it financed by the congress. There is nothing that is responsible for the conditions of their agreement.”
“Federal employees will not admit to this shady tactic that puts them under pressure to stop,” Erwin added. “Civil servants give far too much to be influenced by their jobs, their deskumissions and their country to be influenced by this neplee. To all federal employees: do not resign.”
