Trump Executive Order Eases Firing of Probationary Federal Workers

UVa, Charlottesville competing for Trump-shuttered Federal Executive Institute

Two Charlottesville educational institutions — Charlottesville City Schools and the University of Virginia — are now bidding for the Federal Executive Institute shuttered by Trump.

Probationary employees face stricter review process under new executive order

Probationary employees will now have an additional hurdle to clear before they can solidify their federal employment, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday evening. Trump’s new order calls for the creation of “Civil Service Rule XI,” which will require agencies to review and actively sign off on probationary workers’ continued employment before they can be moved out of a probationary period. Federal employees are…

Trump overhauls probationary employee tenure process after federal workforce layoffs

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…

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…

Trump 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…