Two large labor unions and a dozen state attorneys general are warning federal employees not to accept the deferred resignation offer proffered by the Trump administration on Jan. 28.
The email offer from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) gives employees until Feb. 6 to agree to resign, effective Sept. 30, and receive full pay and benefits in the interval.
Exempted from the offer are people working in immigration enforcement, national security, postal workers, and military personnel.
In a Feb. 4 press release, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, said the offer was “misleading.”
Nessel urged the 29,000 non-military Michigan residents who work for the federal government to “read the fine print before signing and be cautious, as certain benefits may not be guaranteed.”…