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

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.

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 ...

Following his work securing 45-day stays for six federal employees terminated as part of the mass firing of employees still in their probationary periods that began last month, U.S. Special ...

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 slight shift in the memo updates a Day 1 order from the OPM directing all government agencies to pull together a list of employees still in their probationary period, meaning those who were ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday revised its guidance on probationary employment in the federal government after a judge ruled last week that the Office of Personnel Management lacked the ...

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 ...

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 ...