Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees
President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.
US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...
How Trump's NIH layoffs upended one probationary staffer's life: "We are important and we do important work"
Before she had even unpacked her Washington, D.C., apartment after making the move from Alabama, Katie Sandlin became one of ...
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President ...
IRS plans to lay off 7,000 probationary workers beginning Thursday, AP source says
The IRS plans to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday. WASHINGTON — The IRS ...
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Unions sue over probationary employee terminations
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, argues that the Office of Personnel ...
Nearly 250 probationary TSA workers lose jobs as part of Trump administration cuts
The Transportation Security Administration is tasked with protecting transportation centers and was created in the wake of ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The layoffs of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources to help prevent and fight wildfires.
Unions Challenge Mass Firing of Federal Probationary Workers (3)
The government’s chief human resources office lacked authority to fire thousands of probationary federal employees, a group ...
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Federal workers express shock, anger over mass firings: "You are not fit for continued employment"
Federal workers in a probationary period typically have less than one year on the job and have not yet gained civil service protection. Federal workers who received termination notices on Thursday ...