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 illegally ordered agencies to fire ‘probationary’ federal employees, judge rules
A judge ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management — the central human resources office for the federal government — broke the law when it ordered other federal agencies to terminate thousands of “probationary” employees.
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 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
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers
A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.
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,
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.
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 ...
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 ...
US judge halts Trump administration's calls for mass firings at agencies
A California federal judge said that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the power to order federal agencies 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 ...