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it's happening that's the big news that
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hit last night today's February 13
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2025 and the big news that came down
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last night is that opm's buyout offer is
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being allowed to proceed the injunction
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was lifted by the federal judge that's
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presiding over the case this is the
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federal judge in Massachusetts judge
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George aoul Jr he issued an opinion and
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he said that the Union that brought the
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case lacked the proper legal standing to
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challenge the program is the gist of it
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and um the unions that brought the case
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had argued that the terms of the program
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were unclear and that federal employees
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who accepted it might not get their
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promise pay and benefits afge was one of
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the unions that brought the case they
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issued a statement right away vowing to
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keep fighting the union has not changed
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its position on it not surprisingly also
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not a big surprise the office of
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management has closed the
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program OPM said when the injunction was
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issued that it was still accepting
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resignations from federal employees who
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wanted to take the the buyout offer but
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it also planned to close the program as
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soon as was legally permissible to do so
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OPM has closed the program as of
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February 12th at 7:20 p.m. Eastern
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no new no new resignations are being
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accepted and as of the latest count
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approximately 75,000 federal employees
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had accepted the Deferred resignation
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offer what if you want to change your
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mind when you still want to resign under
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this program can you do it not likely
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here's what OPM says in one of its
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frequently asked questions about the
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program quote deferred resignation will
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generally not be available to those who
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resign after the program closes certain
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exceptions might be made for employees
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who are on approved absence for some or
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all of the period while the program was
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open so don't plan on it in other words
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going forward what should you expect now
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well OPM has warned federal employees
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who chose to stay that riffs and furlows
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are likely to be coming in fact
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president Trump issued a new executive
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order this week in which he instructed
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federal agencies to prepare for riffs
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that's reduction and force on a wide
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scale we've got another video and
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article that goes into a lot more detail
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about all this I'll leave links in the
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description basically it's instructing
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agencies to prepare for these reforms
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we've been hearing about to the federal
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Workforce and it lays out which agencies
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and employees are going to be
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prioritized for riffs there are going to
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be significant reforms to the the
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federal Workforce going forward OPM says
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there are four pillars of the what it's
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calling the reform Federal Workforce
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that federal employees should
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expect the first one is return to the
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office policy most federal employees are
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going to be required or already have
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been required to return to working in
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the office five days a week with also
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potential office consolidations and
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relocation so remote work and T A work
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or pretty much history Performance
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Management the federal Workforce will be
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held to high performance standards with
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rewards for exceeding expectations and
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consequences for falling short there's
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also going to be Workforce restructuring
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as I mentioned that's going to include
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the use of riffs administrative furlows
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also reclassification to at will status
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that's referen to schedule F which
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president Trump reinstated shortly after
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took office and there will also be
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enhanced standards of conduct for
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employees OPM says the federal Workforce
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should be composed of reliable loyal and
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trustworthy employees who strive for
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excellence employees who engage in
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unlawful Behavior or misconduct will
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investigation and discipline including
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termination so that's a summary of where
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things stand with opm's deferred
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resignation offer as I said the headline
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is that the injunction has been lifted
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and it's allowed to go forward now and
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OPM is going forward with it they've
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closed the program to any new
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resignations I suspect there will
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continue to be legal challenges to the
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restructuring that's going on in the
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federal Workforce fedsmith will continue
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