Some federal agencies, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, are largely exempt from President Trump’s hiring freeze. But they’re hitting a new roadblock in bringing new staff on.
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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.
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Court considers halting Trump’s mass firings of federal employees
A federal judge in San Francisco hears arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration’s firings of thousands of probationary employees — those in their first year or so on the job.
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A pattern emerges in Elon Musk’s federal shakeup: ‘Break first, ask questions later’
Five weeks in, there’s an emerging pattern in how the Trump administration moves to target federal employees. And it begins with Elon Musk bringing in tactics he’s employed at his various businesses.
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Federal watchdog agency intervenes in Trump’s purge of probationary employees
U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.
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Judge declines to block Trump administration’s resignation offer to federal employees
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.
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Judge weighs a longer pause on Trump’s resignation offer to federal workers
A federal judge in Boston is hearing arguments Monday over whether the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” offer to federal employees can continue. Unions want a temporary restraining order.
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Trump administration adds fine print to “Fork” resignation offer, deepening confusion
Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the language differs from the original offer.
