The Trump administration's offer to nearly all federal workers to resign now and keep their pay through September 30 is raising legal questions. While the initial offer came from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), some guidance is coming from agency leaders, creating confusion. Employment attorneys and union representatives argue that OPM lacks the authority to promise paid leave for government employees beyond its own, and that agency budgets, controlled by Congress, might run out of money before September. Additionally, the legality of employees taking second jobs during the deferred resignation period is unclear, with agency ethics rules requiring advance approval for outside employment.
More and more questions are being raised about the legality of the Trump administration's offer to nearly all federal workers to resign now and keep their pay through Sept. 30.Billionaire Elon Musk is seen as the architect of the"deferred resignation" offer to federal employees . He sent a similarly worded offer to Twitter staff when he bought that company in 2022. Here, he speaks as President Trump looks on at a MAGA victory rally on Jan. 19.
Even so, the language in some of the latest communications appears to ignore the law while offering reassurance to federal workers weighing their options. The email went on to assure employees who choose to accept the offer that they would not be let go before Sept. 30, even though the original"Fork" memo included no such promise.
Friday morning, employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture received a nearly identical email, sent by USDA Chief of Staff Kailee Tkacz Buller, a Trump appointee, according to screenshots obtained by NPR.
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