A portion of a letter which was sent to thousands of probationary workers in the Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 15, 2025, notifying them that they had been fired.

However, if a probationary employee was fired on the basis of a protected characteristic or activity, there are legal avenues to challenge their dismissal as unlawful, according to Jewett.

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.

Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the ...

Thousands of probationary workers, who have the weakest protections among civil servants, have faced dismissal under the Trump administration, including 6,700 at the Internal Revenue Service.

What To Know. A probationary employee is someone who was recently hired by a federal agency. A person who has been a ...

A probationary employee is someone who was recently hired by a federal agency. A person who has been a long-serving employee but moved to a new position is also often considered in a probationary ...

I don’t like to get paid not to do my work,” the USDA probationary worker told CNN. “The whole fraud, waste and abuse thing, it’s kind of hilarious now, because they’re wasting money by ...

Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the ...