Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees

Trump’s plan to purge the federal government and the threat of dictatorship

The Trump administration is reclassifying tens if not hundreds of thousands of federal workers as “at-will” employees. The maneuver is not only an attack on workers’ protections and due process rights but a step toward establishing a presidential dictatorship.

Rule Change Makes It Easier for Trump to Fire Federal Bureaucrats

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration is restoring—in part—the Schedule F designation for federal workers, allowing the President to remove employees in permanent policy positions governed under the competitive service outside standard procedures and appeals.WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), OPM Director Scott Kupor, and federal employees potentially affected by the rule.WHEN & W…

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers

Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Workers This article features Government Accountability Project Legal Director Tom Devine and was originally published here. The Trump administration finalized a new policy on Thursday that would strip job protections from up to 50,000 federal workers, a move that would make it easier for President Trump to remove or discipline them, in his latest effort to dismantle the federal work force.…

Trump administration paves way for easier termination of public employees

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday announced drastic changes to the way federal employees are classified, making it easier for the president to fire public employees. The rule adds a new “excepted service” category, Schedule Policy/Career, which includes “career positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character.” Such positions might include positions like senior policy analysts, reg…

Trump Admin Moves To Reclassify 50k Federal Workers, Ending Civil Service Protections

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that significantly alters the job status of approximately 50,000 high-ranking career federal employees.Issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the rule creates a new classification—often referred to as “Schedule Policy/Career”—for workers in policy-determining or policy-advocating roles. This reclassification effectively strips these officials of long-standing civil service protectio…

New Trump Administration Policy Politicizing Federal Workforce Endangers Federal Operations, Largest Federal Employee Union Says

At a time when the American people closely monitor government and demand efficiency, stability, and professionalism, the Office of Personnel Management New base Stripping tens of thousands of federal employees of their legal rights and protections is pushing the federal workforce in the opposite direction. The American Federation of Government Employees warned during the public The post New Trump Administration Policy Politicizing Federal Workfo…