Items Tagged with 'probationary employees'

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to rehire probationary employees at six federal agencies, including USDA.

USDA probationary employees who were abruptly fired from their jobs last month have gotten a temporary reprieve. The chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that they be reinstated in their jobs for 45 days while the case against the department is stayed.

A federal appeals board has ordered nearly 6,000 USDA employees back to work after they were fired during their probationary periods last month.

The Trump administration has moved into its next phase in shrinking the federal workforce by asking federal agencies to develop plans for large-scale reductions in force.