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.
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
Judge blocks Trump administration from firing probationary employees
A Northern California federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from its mass firing of probationary federal employees, a group that represents some of the newest hires.
Judge rules mass firings of federal probationary employees likely unlawful
U.S. District Judge William Alsup instructed the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees. The ruling is
OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
The Trump administration has retroactively edited its guidance that required agencies to gather lists of their recently hired employees to reflect that it is not mandating any specific firing actions.
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 of Personnel Management.
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 ...
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 ...
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Federal judge invalidates OPM’s directives to terminate federal probationary workers
A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to ...
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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 ...
Trump U-Turns On Federal Firings After Court Ruling | What's Next?
President Donald Trump has reversed his directive to dismiss thousands of probationary federal employees. The abrupt policy ...
Science agency reinstates some fired employees, includes people with disabilities, veterans, military spouses
The National Science Foundation said in a memo it's reinstating some of its fired probationary employees. A federal workers ...
'Does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe': Judge tears into Trump admin over 'illegal' mass firings
A federal judge in California said the Trump administration's directive to fire thousands of probationary workers was ...