A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's controversial offer of buyouts to federal government employees is set to be heard in court just hours before the deadline to accept the offer. The plaintiffs argue that the 'Fork Directive', which allows employees to submit a deferred resignation and continue receiving pay and benefits until the end of September, is unlawful and coercive. They are seeking to have the court declare the offer illegal and remand the directive back to the Office of Personnel Management for further justification.
A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's offer of buyouts to federal government employees will be heard by a judge Thursday afternoon — hours before the deadline to accept the offer. The Trump administration confirmed Thursday in a mass email to federal employees that the deadline for accepting the buyout offer will not be extended beyond 11:59 p.m. ET Thursday.
But the hearing in Massachusetts federal court could end with that deadline being extended by a judge, who also might agree to block the offer altogether as he considers a challenge to its legality. The offer, laid out in the so-called 'Fork Directive,' purports to allow employees to submit a deferred resignation, in which they will no longer have to work but will be paid with benefits until the end of September. The plaintiffs are arguing that the Trump administration's 'Fork Directive' is unlawful and that it coerces employees into accepting the buyout offer by threatening eventual job loss if they refuse. The lawsuit, filed by several federal employees, questions the legality of the directive and its financial implications. It specifically points out concerns regarding the Office of Personnel Management's ability to honor the financial commitment for agencies across government when Congress has appropriated no funds for this purpose, and the statutory basis and appropriation for this promise remain unclear. The plaintiffs are asking a judge to declare that the offer 'as issued' is not legal, and remand the directive back to OPM 'to provide a reasoned basis for the Directive and extend the deadline accordingly, and until such time as Defendants provide an adequate justification for the Directive.
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