US EditionJudge Halts Mass Firings of Federal Employees
A federal judge blocked layoffs at over 30 agencies amid a shutdown, citing possible legal violations of the Antideficiency Act, with unions representing 800,000 workers involved.
- On Wednesday, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a temporary restraining order pausing reductions-in-force at more than 30 federal agencies.
- The unions filed suit after the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo urging agencies to use the funding lapse for layoffs, which plaintiffs say misinterprets the Antideficiency Act.
- On Friday, at least seven agencies sent RIF notices to more than 4,000 federal employees, with nearly 800 erroneous Department of Health and Human Services notices and CDC reversals.
- Illston ordered the administration to file by Friday an accounting of layoffs under her temporary restraining order and set a follow-up hearing for Oct. 28 to consider an indefinite pause.
- Judge Illston's prior ruling in May found that `agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates` and emphasized presidential limits, relevant to the current dispute.
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Federal Judge Thwarts Trump’s Attempt to Fire Thousands of Government Workers Amid Shutdown
A federal judge in California has delivered a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s plan to slash federal jobs during the ongoing government shutdown, ordering the administration to halt mass layoffs while the legality of the cuts is reviewed. The ruling offers a vital reprieve to thousands of federal workers caught in the crosshairs of what many see as a politically motivated purge. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, presiding in San Fra…
According to a federal judge, the US government deliberately exploits the budget dispute. However, already pronounced redundancies must not be implemented.
Federal judge Susan Illston temporarily banned President Donald Trump's government from firing workers during the closure of government operations, claiming that the cuts seemed to have political motives and were being carried out without much thought.
Judge halts federal reductions-in-force amid shutdown
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday to put a pause, for now, on agency reductions-in-force during the government shutdown, saying they appear to be “politically motivated.” In a ruling from the bench, Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered the defendant agencies to stop issuing RIF notices to federal employees in functions with workers represented by the unions w…
SF Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Mass Firings of Government Workers During Shutdown (For Now, at Least)
SF’s US District Judge Susan Illston issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s attempt to fire thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, effectively undoing many of those firings.
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