US EditionTrump Executive Order Eases Firing of Probationary Federal Workers
- President Trump issued an executive order aimed at making it easier to fire probationary federal workers on Thursday, April 25, 2025.
- The order requires agencies to certify that a probationary employee's continued employment is in the public interest before granting tenure.
- Donald F. Kettl stated that the executive order gives more power to agency managers and reflects lessons learned from previous court challenges.
- The Office of Personnel Management is responsible for implementing the new regulations, which take effect immediately, with further review requirements starting after 90 days.
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Trump overhauls probationary employee tenure process after federal workforce layoffs - Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that will enable the government to fire probationary employees more easily. Instead of automatically gaining full status in one or two years, workers can only do so if their managers sign off on their performance. “The American people deserve a Federal workforce that is high-quality, efficient, dedicated to the public interest, and no larger than necessary,” Trump wrote in the order. “…
Trump Orders Agency Heads to Overhaul Probationary Reviews for Federal Workers
President Donald Trump is ordering a major overhaul to the process by which agencies evaluate probationary federal workers before they can gain full employment status and job protections. In an April 24 executive order, titled “Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service,” the president directs federal agency heads to actively certify that continuing employment for any probationary employee “advances the public interest” before the…
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overpassesforamerica.comTrump Executive Order Eases Firing of Probationary Federal Workers
President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday making it easier for the government to fire federal employees who are in a probationary period. Probationary government workers already have far fewer job protections than their established colleagues, and they were the Trump administration’s first targets for mass firings earlier this year. At least 24,000 of those terminations have led to court-ordered reinstatements that were overturned on…
Trump Executive Order Tightens Probationary Periods For Federal Employees
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening probationary periods for federal employees, eyeing greater accountability and efficiency within the federal workforce. The order introduces significant changes to the process by which new federal employees gain tenure. The executive order, titled “Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service,” targets both competitive and […] Trump Executive Order Tight…
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