02/10/2025

Judge Says He Will Continue to Pause Trump's Federal Buyout Offer

A DOJ lawyer called the buyout offer a "humane off-ramp" for federal employees

Today, a federal judge in Boston said he will continue to pause the Trump administration's plan to offer a deferred resignation buyout to tens of thousands of federal employees until he issues a ruling on a preliminary injunction.

Three federal employee unions -- with the support of 20 Democratic attorneys general -- have argued in a lawsuit that the Office of Personnel Management's deferred resignation offer is an "unlawful ultimatum" to force the resignation of government workers under the "threat of mass termination."

The pause, ordered by U.S. District Judge George O'Toole, Jr., came just hours ahead of the program's midnight deadline, which itself was extended by four days following a temporary restraining order that continues to remain in effect.

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