OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it’s up to the agency on whether to boot their hires.
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across the federal government to fire probationary employees, finding they were
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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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Federal judge invalidates OPM’s directives to terminate federal probationary workers
A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to order firings in other agencies.
Federal Judge Rules Firing Public-Land Workers Was Illegal, Agrees It ‘Will Inflict Immediate, Foreseeable Harm’ to Habitat and Wildlife
The lawsuit indicates some employees at the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and USFWS were wrongly fired during layoffs last month.
Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers
A federal judge ruled that the terminations at agencies including the Department of Defense were probably illegal.
Judge rules mass firings of federal probationary employees likely unlawful
U.S. District Judge William Alsup instructed the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees. The ruling is
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Judge says mass firings of probationary employees by the Trump administration were invalid
A judge ruled the OPM must retract memos calling for mass layoffs of probationary employees.
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Judge says OPM memo directing mass firings of probationary workers was unlawful
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California said Thursday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) overstepped its constitutional authority earlier this month in a memo directing federal agencies ...
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"Does not have any authority whatsoever": Judge rules Trump admin's mass firings likely illegal
A federal judge weighed in on the Trump administration’s mass firings of probationary employees across the federal government, ruling on Thursday that the actions to let go of thousands of federal workers were likely illegal.
Trump administration revises directive on mass firings of federal workers
The Trump administration told federal agencies that firings of probationary workers are up to the agencies ‒ not the Office of Personnel Management.
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firing of federal workers
Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Bill Clinton appointee, said the firings were likely illegal and that OPM has no authority to order agencies to hire or fire employees. He found OPM can only give guidance and that the government’s argument ...