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Employment Lawyer Discusses what Trump Offer to Federal Employees to Resign Would Do

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Federal employees have till February 6 to decide whether to voluntarily leave their jobs. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OPM, informed workers on Tuesday that if they hand in their resignation by next Thursday – that’s less than a week from now – most will be enabled to take leave and be paid till completion of September. Michelle Bercovici is a work attorney who represents federal staff members as a big part of her practice, so I asked her for her interpretation about what OPM’s delayed resignation program would actually mean.MICHELLE BERCOVICI: I really do not consider it a lot a deal. I believe it’s a demand to resign with a vague promise that, potentially, you might be kept in administrative leave status for up to eight months – however no guarantees.MARTIN: Some individuals have been using the term buyout to explain what this is since there seems to be the deal of administrative leave for approximately eight months if you take this deal. So is it a buyout?BERCOVICI: I would definitely not explain it as a buyout. I think that’s a really deceptive term to use in this situation. When you think of a buyout, referall.us there’s usually some sort of written agreement or a concrete offer to provide a benefit in exchange for waiving certain rights. That is not the case here.MARTIN: If clients ask you for your recommendations, what are you telling them?BERCOVICI: First thing we tell them is workout extreme caution. There are no warranties consisted of in this e-mail. The only thing I can inform you for particular is that if you alter your mind, the agency’s most likely not going to let you withdraw that resignation, and you are basically offering up control over a lot.MARTIN: Is there some classification of worker who you believe this might benefit? Maybe they’re close to retirement. Is somebody like that may this be an appealing offer?BERCOVICI: Folks near retirement need to be the most cautious due to the fact that leaving earlier than intended can have major repercussions, possibly, on their benefits.MARTIN: Let me just play a clip from the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. She told reporters that this is a bargain for individuals who don’t wish to go back to the office. Let me just play it.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)KAROLINE LEAVITT: This is a tip to federal workers that they need to return in – to work. And if they do not, then they have the choice to resign, and this administration is really generously offering to pay them for eight months.MARTIN: You’re shaking your head no.BERCOVICI: It just – in such a way, it breaks my heart that federal staff members are being jerked around like this. It sends out a signal to me that this return-to-office order is in bad faith, that it’s developed to get folks who work truly hard to resign. I think it’s attempting to pull the wool over a lot of individuals’s eyes due to the fact that there are no warranties. And these are people who like their job. They like the objective of the company. They strive. And right now, they’re dealing with really difficult choices, specifically if they’re remote. I mean, it’s really coercive.MARTIN: You say it’s coercive. Because?BERCOVICI: Essentially, if you’re somebody who resides in Oregon and has been informed to report to D.C. otherwise we’re going to fire you, they might feel that they have no choice than to take this option.MARTIN: Do you expect legal obstacles simply to the offer itself? And if so, on what grounds?BERCOVICI: This offer, to be truthful, is so extraordinary that I believe a lot of us are still trying to figure out what to do with it. I’m not exactly sure if the offer itself might be challengeable. I believe the is the execution of these terms. I’m not aware of any authority that exists right now for OPM to order agencies to give this variety of people administrative leave. So I believe it is very much perhaps setting the stage for difficulties since I feel OPM has actually vastly surpassed their authority.MARTIN: That is Michelle Bercovici. She is an employment attorney with the Alden Law Group here in Washington, D.C. Thank you so much for joining us.BERCOVICI: Thank you a lot for having me here.

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