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| OPM walks back memo on firing probationary employees, leaving decision to agencies |
| 2025-03-05 |
| [THEHILL] The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it's up to the agency on whether to boot their hires. The slight shift in the memo updates a Day 1 order from the OPM directing all government agencies to pull together a list of all employees still in their probationary period, those who were either hired or promoted within the last year or two — a period that varies by agency. ''Please note that, by this memorandum, OPM is not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions regarding probationary employees. Agencies have ultimate decision-making authority over, and responsibility for, such personnel actions,'' the OPM wrote in the Tuesday update. The tweak comes after unions scored a court victory Thursday after suing over the Trump administration plans to fire probationary workers ''OPM's revision of its Jan. 20 memo is a clear admission that it unlawfully directed federal agencies to carry out mass terminations of probationary employees — which aligns with Judge Alsup's recent decision in our lawsuit challenging these illegal firings,'' the American Federation of Government Employees said in a statement Tuesday. Related: Office of Personnel Management: 2025-03-03 Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to comply with Musk's DOGE productivity email Office of Personnel Management: 2025-02-25 Trump Backs Elon Musk's Email, Indicates It's a Probe to See Who Is Working Office of Personnel Management: 2025-02-24 DOD tells civilian workforce to ignore Elon Musk's request to report productivity |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Pelosi: Trump likely unaware of intelligence moves A list featuring CIA employees’ first names and last initials was sent by the intelligence agency to the OPM. The employees on the list were still on probation, which makes the process of dismissing them easier. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-05 11:40 |
| #4 Who The Office of Personnel Management Charles Ezell |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-05 10:36 |
| #3 The slight shift... Not "slight" but major and I don't like the look of conflicting orders. Who's steering this boat anyway? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-03-05 10:07 |
| #2 ^1 during that time all the employees were working, of course assuming the ones working from home were doing what they were supposed to be doing |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-03-05 09:46 |
| #1 Remember, during the Covid Scamdemic, when only Key essential personnel needed to come into work and things still ran pretty smooth during the crazy pandemic rules? Maybe that is the level of staff needed. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-03-05 07:48 |