OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of ...
Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind memos that directed agencies across ...
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Judge says OPM memo directing mass firings of probationary workers was unlawful
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California said Thursday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) overstepped its constitutional authority earlier this month in a memo directing federal agencies ...
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OPM illegally ordered agencies to fire ‘probationary’ federal employees, judge rules
A judge ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management — the central human resources office for the federal ...
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OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed
The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ...
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OPM illegally ordered agencies to fire ‘probationary’ federal employees, judge rules
That’s because U.S. District Judge William Alsup stopped short of ... the termination decisions were being taken at OPM’s direction. Alsup also said the abrupt wave of firings supported ...
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Judge orders rescission of OPM memos directing agencies to fire probationary employees
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said OPM must notify agencies it did not have the authority to call for the firing of those employees but stopped short of directing agencies themselves not to ...
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary workers across the government, ruling ...
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OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
Judge William Alsup, who presided over the case, said the administration’s argument was not credible and ordered both the Jan. 20 memo and the Feb. 13 directive to be rescinded. OPM has instead ...