A federal judge in Boston continued on Monday his pause of the unprecedented plan of the Trump administration so that millions of federal workers will resign “until he responds to the problems presented,” he said.
The American district judge George A. O’Toole Jr. had temporarily arrested the administration plan to offer mass purchases to millions of federal workers on Thursday, only a few hours before a deadline to accept the offer. After an audience on the subject on Monday, he said that the pause would continue until he governed On the legality of the “Deferred Resignation” plan of Trump.
The unions, according to the judicial documents, criticized the “Directive of the Bifurcation of the Management of the Personnel Office, qualifying it as” illegal ultimatum “and” Radically arbitrary action to request general resignations of federal workers. ”
The Personnel Management Office announced the “Deferred Resignation” program massive at the end of last month. The program states that it will allow workers to resign now, but they are paid until September, although legal experts have questioned the validity of that agreement. The employees of the Department of Education last week were warned that the Administration could then decide to cancel the plan and leave employers in the also.
A senior administration official said last week that 60,000 people had accepted the agreement.
The initial deadline to accept the offer had been on Thursday night, but was extended by O’Toole after schedule the audience on Monday on the request of the union of a restriction order.
The union demand to stop the program alleged that the Trump administration does not have the legal authority to offer such purchases.
The White House characterized the pause as a victory last week.
“We are grateful to the judge for extending the deadline, so more federal workers who refuse to appear to the office can take the administration to this very generous offer, unique in life,” said the house secretary of the house Blanca, Karoline Leavitt. Thursday.
