Federal workers who do not return to duty will be placed on administrative leave, the state of Musk
Elon Musk, who leads Government Efficiency Department (Doge), federal workers warned on Monday morning that those who do not return to the office will be placed on administrative leave.
“Those who ignored the executive command of President Trump to return to work have now received more than a month alert,” Musk wrote On the x, the platform it also owns. “Starting this week, those who still do not return to duty will be placed on administrative leave.”
The men’s warning comes after announced on Saturday that federal employees must report their achievements from the last week or face the loss of work.
On Saturday, Musk said that federal employees would receive the E -habit that would direct them to list their achievements from the week earlier, with the Dogea leader later added that the task should be less than five minutes. Employees have up to 11:59 pm on Monday to send a list or lose their employment, according to the E -Mailovi regarding the Musk Directive sent to the staff management office.
Elon Musk speaks at a conservative conference on political actions, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort and the Congress Center on Thursday, February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A mass confusion followed On the eve of the deadline while some agencies resisted the commands, others encouraged their workers to follow, and others gave conflicting guidelines.
Several key US agencies, including FBI, State Department, Homeland Security and Pentagon, who have sent their employees to not respect over the weekend.
The Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sent his approximately 80,000 employees to adhere to the main advisor, Sean Keveney, some of them instructed it. Later on Sunday night, the leadership of the Agency issued new instructions that employees should “pause activities” regarding the request by Monday at noon.
Officers in state wards, defense and homeland security were more consistent.
State Department reportedly told employees on Saturday that the department officers “would answer on behalf of the Department”, according to a message sent by Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, who serves as the state secretary of the management.
Elon Musk says federal employees have to fill in productivity reports or resign
IN Ministry of Defense (Dod) told his civil labor force to neglect the request of the billionaire, while Kash Patel, which Senate confirmed last week as the new director of the FBI, also told employees to give up.
While Musk and Doge were criticized for reducing federal consumption, President Donald Trump wrote on the truth of Social on Saturday that although Musk “doing a great job” should be “more aggressive”.
“Elon does a great job, but I would love to see it becomes more aggressive. Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, make it bigger than ever before. Maga!” Trump wrote.
Musk replied to the enthusiastic “Grease, Mr. President!” A few hours after Trump posted.
Greg Wehner and Andrea Margolis, Fox News Digital, together with Associated Press, contributed to this report.
