US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...
Request to block mass firing of probationary employees denied by judge
A judge has denied labor unions' request to temporarily block the administration from carrying out mass firing of ...
How Trump's NIH layoffs upended one probationary staffer's life: "We are important and we do important work"
Before she had even unpacked her Washington, D.C., apartment after making the move from Alabama, Katie Sandlin became one of ...
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Social Security offers 40 probationary feds reassignments to avert blanket firings
Around 40 Social Security Administration employees were given eight hours—or until 4:30 p.m. Thursday—to decide whether to ...
Unions sue over federal worker firings, alleging Trump administration misused probationary periods
Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President ...
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DOGE latest: What is a probationary worker?
Federal workers, particularly what’s known as probationary workers, are preparing for sweeping layoffs. Here's what that ...
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Firing of probationary employees called ‘self-defeating’
In a new online survey, more than 60% of Federal News Network readers who responded say they plan to stay in their jobs despite all the chaos that’s happening.
DOGE is getting lists of the military's probationary workers from the Pentagon
U.S. officials say Department of Government Efficiency staffers were at the Pentagon on Tuesday and receiving lists of the ...
Hegseth previews Pentagon staffing cuts, targets probationary employees
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is preparing for a hiring freeze and an “aggressive” effort to fire civilian employees as the Trump administration’s axe to the federal workforce ...