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Federal Worker Rights

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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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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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.

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

In an attached declaration, the Government sets forth how many employees have been RIFed today:

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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"

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

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.

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

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.

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Federal Worker Rights @fedworkerrights.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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"

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