23 hours ago · The Trump administration’s controversial “deferred resignation” program is on hold for the time being after a federal judge in Massachusetts enjoined the Office of Personnel Management from “taking any further action to implement the so-called Fork Directive.” Judge George O’Toole issued ...

4 days ago · When a U.S. Office of Personnel Management email last Tuesday entitled "Fork in the Road" offered a "deferred resignation" to 2 million federal government employees, the move sent shockwaves ...

23 hours ago · The Office of Personnel Management sent out an email last week with the subject line "Fork in the Road" that offered the more than 2 million federal employees "deferred resignation." Under the ...

Jan 29, 2025 · If your retirement date is between October 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, you are still eligible for deferred resignation (unless your position is exempted from the deferred resignation program by your agency).

1 day ago · Eligible federal workers must decide by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday whether to take the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer, which will generally allow them to leave their jobs but ...

1 day ago · The government will honor the deferred resignation offer,” the Office of Personnel Management wrote on X early Thursday evening. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) praised ...

3 days ago · OPM’s deferred resignation notice is titled, “Fork in the Road” and the initial guidance has left a large majority of the federal workforce with career-altering decisions. The deferred resignation program is an unprecedented event that has raised many questions pertaining to legitimacy, practicality, and legality. It, in essence, relieves ...

Jan 28, 2025 · the last day to accept the deferred resignation program is february 6, 2025. Deferred resignation is available to all full-time federal employees except for military personnel of the armed forces, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, those in positions related to immigration enforcement and national security, and those in any other positions ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The Office of Personnel Management’s “deferred resignation” offer is raising a host of legal questions with no easy answers for federal employment attorneys. Attorneys say the offer — spelled out in OPM’s Tuesday night email to all feds — isn’t rooted in any specific program or regulation for reducing the federal workforce or ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Deferred resignation is open to all full-time federal employees, with a few exceptions. It does not apply to military personnel, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, individuals working in immigration enforcement and national security roles, and any other positions that your employing agency may specifically exclude from the program. ...