1 day ago · A federal judge has denied federal labor unions' request to temporarily block the Trump administration from carrying out mass firing of probationary employees and deferred resignation offers ...

1 day ago · The judge, George O’Toole Jr., says he intends to rule on the order “sooner than later.” The ruling is one of a series of challenges that have cropped up in response to the controversial deferred resignation offers that went out to federal employees at the end of January, offering them the chance to resign now and be paid out until Sept. 30.

1 day ago · U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who sits on the federal district court in Washington, D.C., said in a 16-page decision that he had to deny the unions' request for relief because he lacks ...

22 hours ago · On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper denied their request for an emergency order that would prevent the administration from conducting any more mass terminations.

1 day ago · Judge rules against union bid to block mass federal layoffs by Trump ... The NTEU suit also challenged the administration’s mass “deferred resignation” buyouts as part of the layoffs case ...

23 hours ago · White House says about 75K federal workers have accepted ‘deferred resignation' offer The ruling comes as thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door during in the first ...

1 day ago · Any renewal of the Trump Administration’s program to offer federal employees “deferred resignation” with pay and benefits until September 30 of this year; In a separate decision, a federal court allowed the deferred resignation program to proceed after initially placing a hold on it. Once it did, the Office of Personnel Management closed ...

1 day ago · The White House has said that 75,000 federal workers, or about 3 percent of the civilian workforce, already opted into the deferred resignation program. A federal judge in Massachusetts paused ...

1 day ago · The ruling is one of a series of challenges that have cropped up in response to the controversial deferred resignation offers that went out to federal employees at the end of January, offering ...

1 day ago · The judge, appointed by former President Barack Obama, said the unions must pursue their legal challenges through the scheme established by Congress in the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, which governs labor relations in the federal workforce. ... and a renewal of the president’s “deferred resignation program.” ...