OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it’s up to the agency on whether to boot
OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed
The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ahead of a mass firing. The reissued memo does not order fired workers reinstated.
OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
Judge William Alsup, who presided over the case, said the administration’s argument was not credible and ordered both the Jan. 20 memo and the Feb. 13 directive to be rescinded. OPM has instead opted to edit the Jan. 20 memo.
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were
Federal board orders USDA to reinstate 'numerous' fired probationary employees
A federal personnel board on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate a fired worker, as well as "numerous" other probationary employees who were fired Feb. 13 and later. The Merit Systems Protection Board issued the ruling at the request of the Office of Special Counsel,
USDA ordered to reinstate thousands of probationary workers fired en masse
A civil service protection board said the mass firings of probationary workers at the agency appeared to violate federal law.
Federal Judge Rules Firing Public-Land Workers Was Illegal, Agrees It ‘Will Inflict Immediate, Foreseeable Harm’ to Habitat and Wildlife
The lawsuit indicates some employees at the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and USFWS were wrongly fired ...
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Some agencies are still firing probationers while others have recalled theirs, following court ruling
There appears to be confusion throughout the Trump administration as to the impacts of the court's decision, with some ...
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US agency that pushed for mass firings quietly clarifies it doesn't have the power to fire workers
OPM said in an email to agency human resources employees that it is aware of recent litigation and that it doesn't have the ...
USDA ordered to temporarily reinstate thousands of fired employees
The firings of over 5,000 probationary employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture may have been unlawful, and the ...
Trump Admin Gives Agencies Back Power to Fire Government Employees
An updated memo from the Trump administration shifts the power to fire federal workers, giving more authority back to ...
Trump administration revises directive on mass firings of federal workers
The Trump administration told federal agencies that firings of probationary workers are up to the agencies ‒ not the Office ...
Trump’s personnel office walks back order to fire probationary employees
The Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management issued new guidance on Tuesday making clear it is not ordering ...
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Judge tells White House to stop ordering mass firings
U.S. District Judge William Alsup also said OMP must inform about a dozen agencies that they do not have to follow its layoff directives. OMP, the federal human resources division, "does not have ...
Trump barely mentions federal workers in speech to Congress
Firing federal employees has been a key to Trump's first month in office, but they barely came up in his speech to Congress.