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, an employment and labor law firm located in Northern Virginia that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.With the deadline approaching today for federal employees considering whether to take up the administration’s offer to resign and get paid through the end of September , many still have questions.
Many federal employees offered the deferred resignation opportunity could benefit from it, but one of the problems is that the program has been rushed out too quickly. With the speed that the program was put in place, most federal employees have been confused about how it applies, whether they will have to do any work during the resignation period and whether it is binding.
Additionally, the government has backed off the initial plan to allow the individuals to not work at all during the deferred resignation period. It is very possible that most employees will have to work to some degree while awaiting their resignation date.that we have seen require a federal employee to waive all of their rights, including the right to enforce the deferred resignation agreement itself. This leaves federal employees without any recourse if something goes wrong.
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