Trump administration offers buyouts to federal employees
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If a deadline looms up for government employees to fold to an ultimatum given by the Trump administration to accept a buy -out or return to the office, trade unions that represent those employees have brought a lawsuit and called the offer ‘random and fickle’.
The Trump government offers buyouts for nearly 2 million federal employees, including those who work remotely, as part of the president Donald TrumpThe efforts to get employees back to the office, but they only have until 6 February to register.
According to the buy -out offering, the employee will stop working this week and will receive wage benefits up to and including 30 September.
Exempted from the offer are employees in public safety, such as air traffic controllers.
The deadline was given for government employees on Thursday to an ultimatum given by the Trump administration to accept a buy -out or return to the office. (Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty images)
During the first week of Trump, he issued various guidelines on the federal workforce, including a requirement that employees have to return remotely to personal work.
With a deadline that is approaching quickly, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGOLYEE) and two other trade unions filed a complaint and claimed that the buy -out offer is “random and fickle” and violates the federal law. “
The trade unions claim that the administration cannot guarantee that the plan will be financed and has not taken into account the consequences of mass dismissal, including how this can affect the ability of the government to function.
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On Tuesday, a lawsuit filed in which a temporary restricted order (TRO)) was called to stop the Deadline of the Trump administration of the “Vork Directive” of 6 February and to demand the government that the government expresses a policy legally, is not random and illegal.
The trade union said that the “Vork Directive” is the last attempt by the administration to remove and replace employees from the public service with part -time loyalists. The group also says that the directive amounts to a clear ultimatum for a large number of federal employees: “Now dismiss or will be the possibility of job losses without compensation in the near future.”
But the trade unions say that the package offered violates the law because the funds used to pay the employees who accept the offer are not appropriate for that reason.
“Disgued this lawsuit today with our partners to protect the integrity of the government and to prevent trade union members from being misled to resign from the federal service,” said National President Everett Kelley. “Federal employees should not be misled by slick talking of non -elected billionaires and their lakeien. Despite the claims that are the opposite, this delayed dismissal arrangement is not financed, illegal and does not come with any guarantees. The victim of this scammer.”
Last week a government-wide e-mail was sent to ensure that all federal employees were on board with the plan of the Trump administration.
The e-mail pointed out four pillars that Trump explained to reduce responsibility to the federal government, including a return to personal work, recovered accountability for employees with a policy authority, recovered accountability for senior executives and a reformed federal recruitment process based on merit .
The e -mail noted that the majority of federal employees who have worked remotely since Covid Must return to their physical offices five days a week.
For those who returned to the office, the Trump administration thanked them for their “renewed focus” on serving the American people. But the future of their position could not be guaranteed, according to the E -mail.
Last week a government-wide e-mail was sent to ensure that all federal employees were on board with the plan of the Trump administration. (Istock)
The buyouts do not apply to soldiers of the armed forces, employees of the postal service, positions with regard to enforcement of immigration and national security and other functions that are specifically excluded by the agency with which the federal employees are employed.
The White House expects a “peak” in federal retires prior to a Thursday deadline for a buyout offer, FOX News Digital has learned.
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“The number of deferred retreats is growing rapidly and we expect the biggest peak from 24 to 48 hours before the deadline,” a White House official told FOX News Digital on Tuesday morning.
AXIOS reported earlier on Tuesday that around 20,000 federal employees have adopted the offer, accounting for around 1% of the federal government’s workforce.
The White House official told FOX News Digital after the report has been published that the 20,000 digit is “not current”.
Emma Colton and Brooke Singman from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
