Employees across several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education and Department of Energy, have all been affected, with many being given notice Thursday.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.
After a hearing on Monday, a federal judge in Boston extended a stay on the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's resignation offer while he considers the arguments.
The Trump administration had given more than 2 million federal employees until today to decide whether to stay or go. A federal judge in Massachusetts has paused the effort until Monday.
Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here's her advice.
The letters are the first examples of the national security and intelligence workforce being included in broader efforts to downsize the federal government by the Trump administration.
More and more questions are being raised about the legality of the Trump administration's offer to nearly all federal workers to resign now and keep their pay through Sept. 30.
Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and still be paid through September.
Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.
President Trump has issued sweeping executive actions swiftly ending diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs within the federal government. Already, the work is underway.
President Trump has signed an executive action ordering federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office full time. Roughly 1.1 million federal employees are telework-eligible.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to "dismantle government bureaucracy," enlisting the help of billionaires to achieve his goals. Federal workers with memories of Trump's first term are scared.
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to roll back some of President Biden's signature policies. Here's what Trump's victory means for Biden policies on climate, the civil service and Ukraine.
Federal employee unions are fervently supporting Kamala Harris for president, in part because they like her pro-labor policies, but just as much because they fear a second Trump term.
The Washington, D.C., region is home to about 400,000 federal employees, plus members of the military and government contractors. In a government shutdown, they face no pay and lots of uncertainty.
