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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Federal workers have until February 6 to decide whether to [voluntarily leave](https://agapeplus.sg) their jobs. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OPM, informed employees on Tuesday that if they hand in their resignation by next Thursday - that's less than a week from now - most will be permitted to take leave and be paid till completion of September. Michelle Bercovici is a work lawyer who represents federal staff members as a large part of her practice, so I asked her for her interpretation about what OPM's postponed resignation program would in fact mean.MICHELLE BERCOVICI: I actually do not consider it a lot a deal. I believe it's a request to resign with an unclear promise that, potentially, you might be kept in administrative leave status for approximately 8 months - however no guarantees.MARTIN: Some people have been using the term buyout to describe what this is due to the fact that there seems to be the offer of administrative leave for up to eight months if you take this offer. So is it a buyout?BERCOVICI: I would absolutely not explain it as a buyout. I think that's an extremely misleading term to use in this scenario. When you think of a buyout, there's generally some sort of written contract or a concrete deal to provide an advantage in exchange for waiving particular rights. That is not the case here.MARTIN: If customers ask you for your recommendations, what are you telling them?BERCOVICI: First thing we inform them is workout extreme care. There are no guarantees contained in this e-mail. The only thing I can inform you for particular is that if you change your mind, the firm's probably not going to let you withdraw that resignation, and you are basically quiting control over a lot.MARTIN: Is there some classification of worker who you think this might benefit? Maybe they're close to retirement. Is somebody like that may this be an attractive offer?BERCOVICI: Folks near retirement need to be the most careful because leaving earlier than intended can have major effects, potentially, on their benefits.MARTIN: Let me simply play a clip from the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt. She [informed press](https://jktechnohub.com) reporters that this is a great deal for individuals who do not wish to return to the [workplace](https://www.orielplacements.co.uk). Let me just play it.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)KAROLINE LEAVITT: This is an idea to federal workers that they have to return in - to work. And if they don't, then they have the choice to resign, and this administration is very kindly offering to pay them for eight months.MARTIN: You're [shaking](https://farmjobsuk.co.uk) your head no.BERCOVICI: It just - in a way, it breaks my heart that federal workers are being jerked around like this. It sends a signal to me that this return-to-office order is in bad faith, that it's developed to get folks who work truly tough to resign. I think it's trying to pull the wool over a lot of individuals's eyes since there are no assurances. And these are individuals who enjoy their task. They love the objective of the firm. They work hard. And right now, they're dealing with really tough options, particularly if they're remote. I mean, [annunciogratis.net](http://www.annunciogratis.net/author/pamdadswell) it's really coercive.MARTIN: You state it's coercive. Because?BERCOVICI: Essentially, if you're someone 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 anticipate legal simply to the offer itself? And if so, on what grounds?BERCOVICI: This offer, to be truthful, is so unprecedented that I think a great deal of us are still trying to determine what to do with it. I'm not sure if the offer itself might be challengeable. I think the bigger concern is the execution of these terms. I'm not familiar with any authority that exists right now for OPM to buy firms to provide this variety of individuals administrative leave. So I believe it is quite perhaps setting the phase for difficulties due to the fact that I feel OPM has actually vastly surpassed their authority.MARTIN: That is Michelle Bercovici. She is a work lawyer with the Alden Law Group here in Washington, D.C. Thank you a lot for joining us.BERCOVICI: Thank you so much for having me here.
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