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 violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and an employee at the ...
Trump scored big legal wins this week, but his efforts to reshape the government still face hurdles
A judge allowed the administration's mass layoffs to proceed, while a key appeals court ruling on the president's order to ...
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'Rushed and sloppy': Fired federal workers in Columbia sent error-filled termination letters
One letter cites a lack of “fitness or qualification” as the reason for termination – despite positive performance reviews.
IRS plans to cut thousands of workers by mail
Thousands of IRS employees around the country reported to work Thursday prepared for an email announcement that they were being placed on leave.
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As Longtime Seasonal Workers Emerge as Casualties of Mass Firings, Stakeholders Warn of Dire Consequences to Public Lands
Lyle Olsen has met so many decent, dedicated, goodwilled people since his first seasonal job with the U.S. Forest Service in ...
Trump, Musk slashing of government draws backlash, even among some Republicans
President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk's unprecedented and frantic effort to slash the federal workforce, pushing ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less ...