The Pentagon is reinstating fired probationary employees, but many are still waiting for instructions on returning to work, ...

Title 5 of the U.S. Code mandates that when a federal employee is reinstated following an improper adverse personnel action, ...

The Trump administration broadened its effort to terminate thousands of probationary workers on Thursday, instructing agencies on a call to move forward with the layoffs. Officials have set their ...

This important legislation would ensure that those dedicated civil servants are able to pick back up where they left off and finish out their probationary periods without penalty,” Warner said.

An OPM memo originally released on January 20, directed U.S. federal agencies to identify and potentially dismiss employees in their probationary period. However, after facing legal challenges and ...

The memo also added a quote that the probationary period is a tool to make sure “a probationer’s conduct and performance have established that the individual will be an asset to the Government.” That ...

After employees have completed their probation period, they gain more rights to appeal a termination to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Under those rules for due process, the agency must show ...

New hires still on their probationary period have abridged civil service protections but may still appeal their firings to the MSPB, while recently transferred or promoted employees who have ...

The employees spoke as legislation was being introduced in Congress to ensure that if they are reinstated, they would not need to restart their probationary period for the same job they previously ...

The latest guidance from OPM revises a Jan. 20 memo from Ezell that required agencies to identify all employees still in their probationary periods and send a report to the agency listing all ...

This bill seeks to ensure that their probationary periods do not start over. In the Senate, congressmen Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced companion legislation. The two ...