U.S.Federal HR – Return to In-person Office and Deferred Resignation Program Updates

The recently enacted Executive Orders by the United States Government mandates the implementation of Return to In-person Work and Deferred Resignation Program for the U.S. Federal agency workforce.

In response to these directives, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued new data standards for the federal agencies to utilize when processing personnel actions related to Return-to-Office and Deferred Resignation Programs actions for Federal Workforce.

To ensure compliance with these updated standards, PeopleSoft HR has delivered several updates as summarized below:

1. Legal Authority Codes: Two new Legal Authority Codes have been added.
2. PAR (Personnel Action Request) Remark Codes: Four new PAR Remark Codes are now available.
3. Nature of Action Code Mapping: The newly established Legal Authority Codes have been mapped to relevant existing Nature of Action Codes for Return-to-Office and Separation processes.
4. CPDF Edit Validation: Existing CPDF Edit definitions have been enhanced to validate the correct Legal Authority Code entry when the Nature of Action for separation is associated with the Return-to-Office or Deferred Resignation Program.

Further details regarding these system changes are outlined in the subsequent section. Agencies are directed to familiarize themselves with this information to ensure accurate and compliant processing of personnel actions.

Return to In-person Office Related Changes Delivered for PeopleSoft U.S. Federal HR:

• The following Legal Authority Code has been delivered as per executive order passed on 20^th January 2025:

• The Legal Authority Code ‘Z3Z’ has been mapped to following Nature of Action Codes used for entering Return to In-person Office actions: 357, 385, 330, 792, 721, 894.

• The following PAR Remarks have been added to aid entering Personnel Action Request for above Nature of Actions related to Return to In-person Office Personnel Action for an employee:

• The following CPDF Edits have been modified to validate if Legal Authority Code ‘R3Z’ is entered as Legal Authority Code 2 while entering the Personnel Action details for ‘Return to In-person Office’ action or not:
  • 310.14.2 
  • 315.02.2
  • 305.02.2
  • 250.60.2 
  • 250.61.2

Deferred Resignation Program Related Changes Delivered for PeopleSoft U.S. Federal HR:

• Following Legal Authority Codes are delivered to allow agencies to enter Deferred Resignation Program related separation actions:

• Following PAR Remark Codes have been delivered and need to be used while entering any separation actions related to Deferred Resignation Program for employees:

• Following CPDF Edit Definitions have been updated to validate if Legal Authority Code 2 is entered as ‘RZM’ for ‘Deferred Resignation Program’ personnel action or not:
  • 300.02.2
  • 300.04.2
  • 300.07.2
  • 300.10.2
  • 300.13.2
  • 300.14.2
  • 300.15.2
  • 300.17.2
  • 300.18.2
  • 310.05.2
  • 300.19.2
  • 250.60.2 
  • 250.61.2

Please use the following PeopleSoft Release Patch details to deploy the changes for your agency:

• Return to In-person Office and Deferred Resignation Updates based Executive Order dated February 26, 2025: PRP Patch 37751677
• Deferred Resignation Program Updates based Executive Order dates April 08, 2025: PRP Patch 37833227
• The changes are now available with PeopleSoft HCM Update Image 52 as well