Judge rules mass firings of federal probationary employees likely illegal

A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive trimming of the federal workforce. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel

Judge Grants Partial Relief to Federal Probationary Workers, Finds Firings Likely Unlawful

He also ordered that an OPM request be stopped and rescinded because of the possibility of more federal employees being let go under the request. A California district judge granted partial relief to some of the federal government’s recently terminated probationary employees who argued that their termination from various agencies was unlawfully ordered by the

Judge Finds Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees Likely Unlawful

He also ordered that an OPM request be stopped and rescinded because of the possibility of more federal employees being let go under the request. A California district judge granted partial relief to some of the federal government’s recently terminated probationary employees who argued that their termination from various agencies was unlawfully ordered by the