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• Early-out Authority Added to ‘Deferred Resignation’ Offer but Questions, Skepticism Continue as Acceptance Deadline Nears - February 3, 2025

• FEDweek

  With just days before the Thursday (February 6) deadline for federal employees to accept “deferred resignation,” OPM has issued further guidance on commonly raised questions, including whether the offer includes the option to take early-out retirement and what would be the work expectation up to their separation date for employees who accept.

  Those were among the many issues not clearly addressed in earlier guidance that have led many federal employees, unions and outside experts to be skeptical if not outright dismissive of the fast-arising and fast-closing offer to keep employees in paid status until as late as September 30 if they resign before the deadline.

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