{"id":16475,"date":"2025-02-14T14:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16475"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:47:11","slug":"trump-administration-begins-sweeping-layoffs-with-probationary-workers-warns-of-larger-cuts-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=16475","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The Trump administration<\/a> on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size<\/a> of the federal workforce<\/a>, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection \u2014 potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large workplace cuts would be coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision on probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, came from the Office of Personnel Management, which serves as a human resources department for the federal government. The notification was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LC: Is firing people irrespective of the agency’s need for their skills faithfully executing the laws of the nation? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-administration-lays-off-probationary-223642687.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation’s largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection \u2014 potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
\nIn addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large workplace cuts would be coming.<\/p>\n

The decision on probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, came from the Office of Personnel Management, which serves as a human resources department for the federal government. The notification was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.”<\/p>\n

LC: Is firing people irrespective of the agency’s need for their skills faithfully executing the laws of the nation? <\/p>\n

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