OPM advises agencies to fire probationary employees

OPM orders agencies to begin terminating employees still on probation after a year
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday directed federal agencies to begin firing its employees who are still in their probationary period, despite having been employed for a year or more.
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The OPM framed the severance offer from President Trump and his administration as "administrative leave with pay and benefits."
OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more
OPM advises agencies to fire probationary employees after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline
The Office of Personnel Management is advising all federal agencies to fire their probationary employees after it stopped accepting new offers for its “deferred resignation” program last night. Agencies, however, have final authority over the removal of their probationary employees.
OPM tells government agencies to start firing recently hired workers
The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads to begin firing newly hired federal employees who are on their probationary period, Scripps News has learned.
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Hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management.
OPM tells federal agencies to start firing probationary employees
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.
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