The U.S. federal government is facing mass layoffs in 2025, driven by DOGE and impacting multiple agencies. Check back daily ...

All new federal employees appointed within the Department of Defense (DoD) to permanent positions in the competitive service are now required to serve a two-year probationary period. The new ...

Select the new employee's hire type to learn more about the minimum and maximum number of weeks to be served for the probationary period. All classified service positions are divided into four ...

In accordance with Chapter 3 of the NSHE Code, academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure must serve in a probationary period before receiving such an appointment. Except as provided below, ...

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 ...