National Science Foundation is reinstating fired probationary employees
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Monday that it is reinstating dozens of probationary employees that the Trump administration fired last month. Why it matters: The reversal comes after a federal judge ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to rescind instructions to several federal agencies to fire probationary employees.
NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees
The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.
Judge blocks Trump administration from firing probationary employees
A Northern California federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from its mass firing of probationary federal employees, a group that represents some of the newest hires. On Thursday,
America's National Science Foundation workers fired in bulk by Trump reinstated
Silicon Valley-style startup chaos now standard US govt operating procedure The US government's National Science Foundation has reinstated most of its cadre of probationary employees after laying them off en masse last month.
Science agency reinstates 84 probationary staffers
The National Science Foundation is reinstating 84 employees who were terminated in February, the agency announced Monday. NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan told the agency’s staff Monday morning that the agency is in the process of bringing back some of its terminated employees in the wake of new guidance from the Trump administration and a court ruling issued last week.
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OPM retroactively edits probationary firing guidance to note it did not order probationary firings
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OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies
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House Democrats ask OPM to reinstate probationary workers
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NSF begins reinstating probationary employees
Following the federal court ruling, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies to begin the reinstatement of unlawfully ...
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Federal judge invalidates OPM’s directives to terminate federal probationary workers
A federal court said OPM's directives on probationary firings have no legal effect, since the office has no authority to ...
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 orders Trump administration to rescind directives on probationary employee firings
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to rescind directives that caused the mass firings of recent ...
Judge says mass firings of probationary employees by the Trump administration were invalid
A judge ruled the OPM must retract memos calling for mass layoffs of probationary employees.
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DoD to fire 5,400 probationary employees next week, with hiring freeze to follow
"Those who we need, who are the best and brightest, are going to stay. Those who are under performers — won't," said Defense ...
Science agency reinstates some fired employees, includes people with disabilities, veterans, military spouses
The National Science Foundation said in a memo it's reinstating some of its fired probationary employees. A federal workers ...