OMB delays firing federal workers to comply with court order

Court extends restraining order to shield more feds from shutdown RIFs

A federal judge on Friday moved to protect more federal employees from being fired during the ongoing government shutdown amid a dispute between unions and the government about which members of the workforce were covered by a temporary restraining order the court issued earlier this week. At an emergency hearing in San Francisco, Judge Susan Illston expanded the temporary restraining order barring reductions in force (RIFs) to also cover employe…

OMB delays firing federal workers to comply with court order

The Trump administration in court filings submitted Friday said that it was holding off firing thousands of federal workers in order to comply with a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in California. The filings came ahead of a 6 p.m. Friday hearing on the status of the TRO preventing the Trump administration from carrying out the reductions in force across the federal government. The case challenges the administration’s abili…