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Providing information to federal employees regarding their legal rights. Posts by attorneys at James & Hoffman, a law firm representing employees and unions (www.jamhoff.com). More information at www.federalworkerrights.com.
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When the Government was sued for making late wage payments to employees working during prior shutdowns, it defended the suits by arguing that "government officials would have been subject to... possible criminal penalties" if they made wage payments.
October 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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In an attached declaration, the Government sets forth how many employees have been RIFed today:
October 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs
Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A court has issued a temporary restraining order stopping the government from implementing RIFs at most agencies. The case is AFGE v Trump. Order shown below, full opinion at federalworkerrights.com/wp-content/u....
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pending consideration of a preliminary injunction, the agency defendants (as delineated below) and their officers or employees or any other individuals acting under their authority or the authority of the President are hereby enjoined and/or stayed from taking any actions to implement or enforce sections 3(c) and 3(e) of Executive Order 14210 or the February 26, 2025 OMB/OPM Memorandum, including but not limited to: (1) any further approval of ARRPs or waivers of statutorily-mandated RIF notice periods by OMB and OPM; (2) any further orders by DOGE to agencies to cut programs or staff in conjunction with implementing the Executive Order, the OMB/OPM Memorandum, or the ARRPs; (3) any further implementation of the Executive Order, the OMB/OPM Memorandum, or ARRPs by Federal Agency Defendants, including but not limited to: execution of any existing RIF notices (including final separation of employees), issuance of any further RIF notices, placement of employees on administrative leave, and transfer of functions or programs between the agency defendants. This restraining order shall last fourteen days, through Friday, May 23, 2025, unless the Court finds good cause to extend it. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2). The restraining order shall apply to the following defendant agencies: OMB, OPM, DOGE, USDA, Commerce, Energy, HHS, HUD, Interior, Labor, State, Treasury, Transportation, VA, AmeriCorps, EPA, GSA, NLRB, NSF, SBA, and SSA. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, good cause having been shown pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d), OMB and OPM must provide to the Court and to Plaintiffs (1) the versions of all defendant agency ARRPs submitted to OMB and OPM, (2) the versions of all defendant agency ARRPs approved by OMB and OPM, (3) any agency applications for waivers of statutorily-mandated RIF notice periods, and (4) any responses by OMB or OPM to such waiver requests, by 4:00 p.m. (PDT) on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
May 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary. This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law.
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Trump's new whitehouse.gov has posted a set of priorities that includes, under "Drain the Swamp," a hiring freeze, return to office, and "improved accountability of government bureaucrats"
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM