US EditionJudge Lifts Freeze on Trump’s Buyout Plan for Federal Workers, 20,000 Have Already Taken Offer.
- A federal judge cleared the way for President Trump's plan to downsize the federal workforce through a deferred resignation program with financial incentives.
- Labor unions argued the plan was illegal and asked the judge to keep it on hold, but the judge found they didn't have legal standing to challenge it.
- The deferred resignation program allows employees to stop working and get paid until September 30, and has been spearheaded by Elon Musk as Trump's adviser for reducing federal spending.
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The disappointing results of Trump's 'deferred resignation' plan are part of a pattern
A federal judge in Massachusetts yesterday allowed the Trump administration to go forward with its "Fork in the Road" plan, which aims to reduce the federal work force by paying employees to quit. That initiative was announced with much fanfare but will have little practical impact on spending or the size of the federal government. In that respect, it is typical of the cost-cutting measures we have seen so far from Elon Musk's so-called Departme…
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