An at-will probationary employee nonetheless has the same right as longer term employees to challenge adverse employment actions motivated by their membership in a protected classification or ...

Probationary workers fired as part of President Trump's downsizing talked about their jobs and their ongoing employment limbo as legal fights continue. Latest U.S.

With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests and “organizational goals.” ...

While probationary workers are easier to fire than other civil servants, they still have workplace protections and must be fired for cause. The Trump administration told workers they were being ...

Bredar’s initial decision last month offered widespread relief to federal workers anywhere in the country who were fired from 18 federal agencies. Documents submitted to the court by the covered ...

Updated: April 9 at 1:48 p.m. ET | In consecutive days, courts ruled in favor of the government, giving agencies the ability to fire probationary employees. These rulings apply to the HHS and the VA.

The dismissals were the first time that prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and were past their probationary period of ...

One probationary employee who was fired from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an agency in the Treasury Department, said this outcome was expected as soon as Mr. Trump installed Mr ...