On Wednesday, a federal court has lifted the temporary freezing of President Trump's 'buyout' offer to federal employees, because the administration wants to reduce the workforce.
A trade union that represents hundreds of thousands of federal employees and others charged last week to stop the deadline of the deferred Buyout offer of 6 February.
But the district judge George O'Toole van Massachusetts ruled that the trade unions are not to challenge the directive and are not immediately affected.
O'Toole, a President Clinton -appointed, lifted the temporary restraining ban on Tuesday.
“Hurt employees can submit claims through the administrative process,” he also wrote.
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and other trade unions complained before the deadline of 6 February for federal employees to accept the 'deferred dismissal' of the Trump government last week.
The deadline was temporarily put on hold while a hearing was held on Monday.
The ruling on Wednesday comes as a billionaire Elon Musk and his team of Government Efficiency (Doge) (Doge) (Doge) try to reduce the federal workforce as part of their guideline to save $ 2 trillion in federal expenses. But their efforts can be difficult.
On Wednesday, a federal court has lifted the temporary freezing of President Trump's offer to federal employees
A trade union that represents hundreds of thousands of federal employees and others charged last week to stop the deadline of the deferred Buyout offer of 6 February
More than 65,000 employees had accepted the offer from Friday, according to an administration officer who was familiar with the case, even when the deadline was temporarily paused in court.
Doge estimated that between five and 10 percent of government workers would accept the offer and that it would save an estimated $ 100 billion a year.
But just over three percent of employees had admitted the administration to the deadline.
The offer as presented by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) gave all federal employees the option to resign from their current position, but remained on the payroll with all the benefits until 30 September.
The E -mail gave knowledge that most federal employees had to work again five days a week. For those who have accepted the offer, they would be exempt from personal work requirements.
Federal employees were sent an e -mail for the first time on January 28 with the offer 'Buyout'.
But many federal employees and some democratic legislators have expressed concern about the validity of the offer.
Employees were instructed to easily send an e -mail from their government accounts with the word 'dismissal' in the subject line to accept the offer.
Elon Musk and his Doge Efficiency Team (Doge) try to reduce the federal workforce
Just over three percent of employees would have admitted the administration if the deadline was paused
At the same time, those who chose to stay in their functions were informed by OpM that they could not get 'complete certainty' that their position or freedom of choice would not be eliminated.
Last week the issued to stop the deadline of the directive of 6 February and claims that the plan is to remove employees in the career and to replace part -time loyalists. They argued that the offer a threat to employees to resign or lose it in the future without losing or looking for compensation.
The national president of Afgege Everett Kelley called the ruling on Wednesday the freezing of an 'setback', but claimed that the fight continues and the union's lawyers would evaluate the decision and determine the following steps.
“It is important that this decision did not go on the underlying legality of the program,” Kelley said in a statement.
'We continue to maintain that it is illegal to force American citizens who have devoted their career to public service to make a decision, in a few short days, without adequate information, about whether they should upgrade their families and their career Having to leave for what comes down to what comes down to a non -fertilized Iou van Elon Musk, “he went on.
The offer gave all federal employees the option to resign from their current position, but remained on the payroll with all the benefits until 30 September
More than 65,000 federal employees had accepted the 'buyout' deal from last week, because the team of billionaire Elon Musk is trying to reduce the federal workforce
Federal employees reported that the original offer 'Buyout' was followed by a series of other Emails, because the administration increases the pressure on employees to close the deal.
But thousands of federal employees have indicated that they intend to stay in their positions for as long as possible.
Some have used the offer as a rally cry to 'hold the line' and have warned federal employees not to admit.
