The Deferred Resignation Program is now closed. Any resignations received after 7:20pmET, February 12, 2025 will not be accepted.

If your retirement date is between October 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, you are still eligible for deferred resignation (unless your position is exempted from the deferred resignation program by your agency).

Feb 10, 2025 · The resignation offer to federal employees known as a "Fork in the Road" is now in a judge's hands. After a hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge George O'Toole once again pushed back the deadline ...

Feb 6, 2025 · A federal judge in Massachusetts granted a request from labor unions on Thursday to pause the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" offer to federal employees until Monday.

Federal employees must decide on deferred resignation by February 6, 2025. Learn how it affects your benefits.

Jan 30, 2025 · The fork, if you will: choose to return to the office and embrace the four pillars of “reshaping the government” as outlined by the Trump Administration or submit your resignation by February 06, 2025, for a severance package – discussed here.

"Fork in the Road" is the title and subject line of a memo sent on January 28, 2025 by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to all employees of the U.S. federal civil service.The memo, the first ever mass message to all roughly two million federal employees, offered a deferred resignation program for those unwilling to work under the second presidency of …

6 days ago · Legal. Judge allows Trump to implement ‘Fork in the Road’ deadline for federal workers But U.S. District Judge George O’Toole did not address whether the deferred-resignation program is legal.

Feb 6, 2025 · A federal judge in Massachusetts granted a request from labor unions on Thursday to pause the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" offer to federal employees until Monday.

Jan 30, 2025 · On Jan. 28, over 2 million employees received an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the subject line “Fork in the Road.” The email introduced a new program called “deferred resignation,” which offers employees the opportunity to announce their future resignation effective Sept. 30, 2025.