Federal employees claim in lawsuit ‘deferred resignation’ program is illegal because Congress has not approved it

A federal judge will consider the Trump administration’s offer of mass buyouts for government workers on Monday, after extending a deadline last week for more than 2 million federal employees to decide whether to accept the offer.

US district judge George O’Toole will hear arguments in Boston in a lawsuit brought by federal workers’ unions which claim the administration’s “deferred resignation” program is illegal because it has not been authorized by Congress.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-mass-buyouts-judge