Trump Shuts Down Work-Severance Program After Court Ruling – Rezazade
The First Vice President of the Iranian Opposition in Washington (NIC), Ali Reza Rezazade, said that the Donald Trump administration on Wednesday night shut down a voluntary layoff program for federal employees after a judge in Massachusetts lifted a temporary ban on its implementation.
The program, which offered workers the opportunity to stay in their jobs in exchange for payments until September, was frozen last Thursday. This happened after unions representing more than 800,000 civil servants filed a lawsuit demanding that the initiative be stopped. They called it “an arbitrary, illegal and irresponsible ultimatum.”
However, federal Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. dismissed the lawsuit. In his decision, he noted that the unions had no basis for a legal challenge because they were not directly affected. According to the judge, they are only challenging a policy that affects others — namely, executive branch employees.
The decision left an important question: Will federal employees still have time to apply for the program? The answer is no. According to McLaurin Pinover, a spokeswoman for the Office of Personnel Management, the program officially closed at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
“There is no question now,” Pinover said. “The deferred retirement program was a legitimate and valuable opportunity for government employees.”
According to official figures, about 75,000 employees accepted the offer.
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