Federal workers sue Elon Musk over threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishments

President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk are planning to fire thousands of federal workers this week, many of them facing *** midnight deadline proving what work they completed last week. Elon Musk making the demand over the weekend at the request of President Donald Trump to get more aggressive, emailing hundreds of thousands of employees to list 5 things they accomplished, saying online otherwise they may lose their jobs. Confusion followed when agencies. Like the FBI, State Department, and Homeland Security resisted the order. Others like the Department of Health and Human Services offered conflicting guidance on whether to comply, raising questions over the legality of the request, Musk calling it *** very basic pulse check when it comes to the federal workforce, and some big layoffs coming to the Defense Department as more than 5000 employees are expected to be fired. It's the first step of *** plan to shrink the civilian workforce. Up to 8%. The Pentagon, by the way, is the largest government agency with more than 700,000 full-time civilian workers. Last week we saw the Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as DOJ, demanding the department make lists of employees, including probationary workers who could be cut. The administration says along with the hiring freeze, more firings could come. It adds to President Trump firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta. And several other senior military officers over the weekend vowing to get rid of woke policies in the military like diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is moving forward with *** plan to cut the 8000 USAID direct hires down to just 600. As part of that, the Trump administration will fire at least 1600 US-based workers from the agency after *** federal judge ended *** temporary. pause blocking the administration from those cuts. Several union lawsuits challenged the move, saying workers are at risk of being stranded abroad and questioning the constitutionality of dismantling the agency Congress created without their approval. The judge's ruling gives the Trump administration the green light to set *** 30 day deadline forcing these workers to return to the US at the government's expense. Reporting at the White House, I'm Amy Lowe.

Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Associated Press, is trying to block mass layoffs pursued by Musk and President Donald Trump, including any connected to the email distributed by the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday. The office, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal government, said employees needed to detail five things that they did last week by end of day on Monday.바카라 게임 웹사이트�No OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in United States history, purported to require all federal workers to submit reports to OPM,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of unions, businesses veterans, and conservation groups. It called the threat of mass firings 바카라 게임 웹사이트�one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Musk, who is leading the Republican president's efforts to overhaul and downsize the federal government, continued to threaten federal workers on Monday morning even as confusion spread through the administration and some top officials told employees not to comply.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Those who do not take this email seriously will soon be furthering their career elsewhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk posted early in the morning on X, his social media platform.He also escalated Trump's demand for employees to stop working remotely.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk posted.The latest round of turmoil began over the weekend, when Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE."Musk followed up by saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트�all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He claimed that "failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The directive echoed how the billionaire entrepreneur has managed his own companies.The Office of Personnel Management sent out its own request afterwards.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager," the message said. However, it said nothing about the potential for employees to get fired for noncompliance. The deadline was listed as 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday.There was swift resistance from several key U.S. agencies led by the president바카라 게임 웹사이트�s loyalists 바카라 게임 웹사이트� including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which instructed their employees over the weekend not to respond. Lawmakers in both parties said that Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s mandate may be illegal, while unions threatened to sue.One message on Sunday morning from the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., instructed its roughly 80,000 employees to comply. That was shortly after the acting general counsel, Sean Keveney, had instructed some not to. And by Sunday evening, agency leadership issued new instructions that employees should 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pause activities바카라 게임 웹사이트� related to the request until noon on Monday.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll be candid with you. Having put in over 70 hours of work last week advancing Administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s priorities, I was personally insulted to receive the below email,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Keveney said in an email viewed by The Associated Press that acknowledged a broad sense of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�uncertainty and stress바카라 게임 웹사이트� within the agency.Keveney laid out security concerns and pointed out some of the work done by the agency바카라 게임 웹사이트�s employees may be protected by attorney-client privilege: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have received no assurances that there are appropriate protections in place to safeguard responses to this email.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Democrats and even some Republicans, including Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, were critical of Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s ultimatum.바카라 게임 웹사이트�If I could say one thing to Elon Musk, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s like, please put a dose of compassion in this,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Curtis, whose state has 33,000 federal employees, said on CBS바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Face the Nation.바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�These are real people. These are real lives. These are mortgages. ... It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a false narrative to say we have to cut and you have to be cruel to do it as well.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel, an outspoken Trump ally, instructed employees to ignore Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s request, at least for now.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Patel wrote in an email confirmed by the AP. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Ed Martin, interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sent his staff a message Sunday that may have caused more confusion.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Let me clarify: We will comply with this OPM request whether by replying or deciding not to reply,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Martin wrote in the email obtained by the AP, referring to the Office of Personnel Management.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Please make a good faith effort to reply and list your activities (or not, as you prefer), and I will, as I mentioned, have your back regarding any confusion,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Martin continued. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We can do this.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Officials at the Departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security were more consistent.Tibor Nagy, acting undersecretary of state for management, told employees in an email that department leadership would respond on behalf of workers. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Nagy wrote in an email.Pentagon leadership instructed employees to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pause바카라 게임 웹사이트� any response to Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.The Homeland Security Department, meanwhile, told employees that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�no reporting action from you is needed at this time바카라 게임 웹사이트� and that agency managers would respond, according to an email from R.D. Alles, deputy undersecretary for management.Thousands of government employees have already been forced out of the federal workforce 바카라 게임 웹사이트� either by being fired or through a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�deferred resignation바카라 게임 웹사이트� offer 바카라 게임 웹사이트� during the first month of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s second term. There is no official figure available for the total firings or layoffs so far, but the Associated Press has tallied hundreds of thousands of workers who are being affected. Many work outside of Washington.Musk on Sunday called his latest request 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a very basic pulse check.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all!바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk wrote on X. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. In other words, there is outright fraud.바카라 게임 웹사이트�He has provided no evidence of such fraud. Separately, Musk and Trump have falsely claimed in recent days that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments.Meanwhile, thousands of other employees are preparing to leave the federal workforce this coming week, including probationary civilian workers at the Pentagon and all but a fraction of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers through cuts or leave.

WASHINGTON —

The updated lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in California and was provided to The Associated Press, is trying to block mass layoffs pursued by Musk and President Donald Trump, including any connected to the email distributed by the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday. The office, which functions as a human resources agency for the federal government, said employees needed to detail five things that they did last week by end of day on Monday.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�No OPM rule, regulation, policy, or program has ever, in United States history, purported to require all federal workers to submit reports to OPM,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said the amended complaint, which was filed on behalf of unions, businesses veterans, and conservation groups. It called the threat of mass firings 바카라 게임 웹사이트�one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Musk, who is leading the Republican president's efforts to overhaul and downsize the federal government, continued to threaten federal workers on Monday morning even as confusion spread through the administration and some top officials told employees not to comply.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Those who do not take this email seriously will soon be furthering their career elsewhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk posted early in the morning on X, his social media platform.

He also escalated Trump's demand for employees to stop working remotely.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk posted.

The latest round of turmoil began over the weekend, when Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET MORE AGGRESSIVE."

Musk followed up by saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트�all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He claimed that "failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.바카라 게임 웹사이트� The directive echoed how the billionaire entrepreneur has managed his own companies.

The Office of Personnel Management sent out its own request afterwards.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager," the message said. However, it said nothing about the potential for employees to get fired for noncompliance. The deadline was listed as 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday.

There was swift resistance from several key U.S. agencies led by the president바카라 게임 웹사이트�s loyalists 바카라 게임 웹사이트� including the FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and the Pentagon 바카라 게임 웹사이트� which instructed their employees over the weekend not to respond. Lawmakers in both parties said that Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s mandate may be illegal, while unions threatened to sue.

One message on Sunday morning from the Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., instructed its roughly 80,000 employees to comply. That was shortly after the acting general counsel, Sean Keveney, had instructed some not to. And by Sunday evening, agency leadership issued new instructions that employees should 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pause activities바카라 게임 웹사이트� related to the request until noon on Monday.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll be candid with you. Having put in over 70 hours of work last week advancing Administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s priorities, I was personally insulted to receive the below email,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Keveney said in an email viewed by The Associated Press that acknowledged a broad sense of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�uncertainty and stress바카라 게임 웹사이트� within the agency.

Keveney laid out security concerns and pointed out some of the work done by the agency바카라 게임 웹사이트�s employees may be protected by attorney-client privilege: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I have received no assurances that there are appropriate protections in place to safeguard responses to this email.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Democrats and even some Republicans, including Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, were critical of Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s ultimatum.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�If I could say one thing to Elon Musk, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s like, please put a dose of compassion in this,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Curtis, whose state has 33,000 federal employees, said on CBS바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Face the Nation.바카라 게임 웹사이트� 바카라 게임 웹사이트�These are real people. These are real lives. These are mortgages. ... It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a false narrative to say we have to cut and you have to be cruel to do it as well.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel, an outspoken Trump ally, instructed employees to ignore Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s request, at least for now.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Patel wrote in an email confirmed by the AP. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�When and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Ed Martin, interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sent his staff a message Sunday that may have caused more confusion.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Let me clarify: We will comply with this OPM request whether by replying or deciding not to reply,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Martin wrote in the email obtained by the AP, referring to the Office of Personnel Management.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Please make a good faith effort to reply and list your activities (or not, as you prefer), and I will, as I mentioned, have your back regarding any confusion,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Martin continued. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We can do this.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Officials at the Departments of State, Defense and Homeland Security were more consistent.

Tibor Nagy, acting undersecretary of state for management, told employees in an email that department leadership would respond on behalf of workers. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Nagy wrote in an email.

Pentagon leadership instructed employees to 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pause바카라 게임 웹사이트� any response to Musk바카라 게임 웹사이트�s team, according to an email from Jules Hurst, the deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness.

The Homeland Security Department, meanwhile, told employees that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�no reporting action from you is needed at this time바카라 게임 웹사이트� and that agency managers would respond, according to an email from R.D. Alles, deputy undersecretary for management.

Thousands of government employees have already been forced out of the federal workforce 바카라 게임 웹사이트� either by being fired or through a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�deferred resignation바카라 게임 웹사이트� offer 바카라 게임 웹사이트� during the first month of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s second term. There is no official figure available for the total firings or layoffs so far, but the Associated Press has tallied hundreds of thousands of workers who are being affected. Many work outside of Washington.

Musk on Sunday called his latest request 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a very basic pulse check.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The reason this matters is that a significant number of people who are supposed to be working for the government are doing so little work that they are not checking their email at all!바카라 게임 웹사이트� Musk wrote on X. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�In some cases, we believe non-existent people or the identities of dead people are being used to collect paychecks. In other words, there is outright fraud.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

He has provided no evidence of such fraud. Separately, Musk and Trump have falsely claimed in recent days that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments.

Meanwhile, thousands of other employees are preparing to leave the federal workforce this coming week, including probationary civilian workers at the Pentagon and all but a fraction of U.S. Agency for International Development staffers through cuts or leave.

Federal workers sue Elon Musk over threat to fire them if they don't explain their accomplishments

Share

Share

Share

Top Picks