A federal judge on Feb. 6 extended to Monday a deadline for federal workers to opt into a program from the Trump administration that gives them nearly eight months of full pay and benefits if they quit their jobs.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole in Boston issued a temporary restraining order that paused the original Feb. 6 deadline for the “deferred resignation” program. The ruling gives workers additional time to decide whether they wish to accept the offer while unions continue legal challenges to the program.
Several unions representing more than 800,000 federal employees advocated for the temporary restraining order.
As of Thursday morning, more than 40,000 federal workers had opted into the program, which originally had its deadline set to 11:59 p.m. later that same day.
This story will be updated.
Mark Tapscott contributed to this report.
