A new executive order introduces Civil Service Rule XI, aimed at strengthening the use of probationary and trial periods to assess the fitness of newly hired Federal employees before their ...

Federal agencies must inform thousands of employees fired during their probationary periods that they were not let go as a result of their performance, a judge has ruled, though he will allow the ...

The Order institutes a new Civil Service Rule XI to ensure agencies effectively utilize probationary and trial periods. Civil Service Rule XI supersedes subpart H and requires agencies to ...

A reinstated NOAA employee said individuals received calls from human resources personnel offering reinstatement just before Christmas.

A coalition of government employee unions sued late Wednesday over the Trump administration’s efforts to fire employees still in their probationary period across the federal government. The Office of ...

People rally at Health and Human Services headquarters to protest the polices of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell) The unions ...

Some of the federal employees who were fired in recent days were just shy of completing their probationary periods and securing more job protections. WTOP heard from several former federal employees ...

The Grass Valley Fire Department is proud to announce that all seven firefighters hired through Measure B funding have ...

Under proposed rules issued last week, newly hired federal workers would no longer be able to appeal adverse actions to the ...

Federal probationary employees who were recently fired as part of the sweeping cuts carried out by President Donald Trump’s administration are not sure what to do at the moment, largely because they ...

Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump’s administration, alleging that officials are exploiting and ...