Published 5 days ago • loading... • Updated 3 days ago

Federal employment board pauses firing of 6 probationary staffers

Labor unions have requested an emergency injunction to stop the firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's administration, stating officials lack authority for such terminations and acted based on false claims of poor job performance.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management contends it did not initiate a mass termination program, but rather advocated for agencies to assess the employability of probationary workers.
A coalition of labor unions and organizations claims the mass firings harm essential government services, citing fears of reduced disaster response capabilities at FEMA amidst ongoing workforce cuts.
The lawsuit highlights that individual agencies should manage their employees, challenging the Office of Personnel Management's authority to dictate terminations.

Insights by Ground AI

Does this summary seem wrong?

25 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

HuffPost

FEMA Worker Warns: Disaster Aid Could Be ‘Severed’ Thanks To Mass Firings

“It's almost like a vendetta: ‘I don't like this place, so I'm going to gut it,’" the whistleblower told HuffPost. "It's just so infuriating."

4 days ago·United States

Read Full Article

KQED

US Judge in San Francisco Will Hear Union Request to Halt Trump Mass Firings

Labor unions will argue at a Thursday hearing that Trump officials lack the authority to order terminations of probationary federal employees and that notices to workers were premised on a lie of poor job performance.

4 days ago·San Francisco, United States

Read Full Article

Associated Press News

+15 Reposted by 15 other sources

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

A federal judge in San Francisco finds the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful. Thursday’s decision grants temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that

4 days ago·United States

Read Full Article

NBC LA

Board to vote on proposed teacher layoffs in Pasadena Unified School District

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind earlier instructions telling agencies to “promptly determine whether these employees should be retained at the agency.” The directions, communicated in a Jan. 20 memo and Feb. 14 internal email, are “illegal” and “should be stopped, rescinded,” Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California said. The ruling does not reinstate dismissed employees. The …

4 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

Read Full Article

Federal News Network

Trump nominees say firing of probationary employees not indiscriminate

Dan Bishop, the nominee to be deputy director for budget at the Office of Management and Budget, is pushing back against the idea that the firing of probationary employees was indiscriminate. The former North Carolina Congressman told Senate lawmakers yesterday during his nomination hearing that there are good reasons for agencies to let go of these employees. “The folks who are advising the President have made points about believing that the fe…

5 days ago

Read Full Article

The Hill

Federal employment board pauses firing of 6 probationary staffers

A quasi-judicial board has temporarily blocked the firing of six employees the Trump administration targeted in a sweep of probationary staffers — an early sign the widespread firings may be illegal.

5 days ago·Washington, United States

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year