As the Trump administration ordered agencies in February to terminate probationary employees, several senior IRS officials sounded the alarm to the Treasury Department’s watchdog, making the case that ...

Federal agencies must inform thousands of employees fired during their probationary periods that they were not let go as a result of their performance, a judge has ruled, though he will allow the ...

The Internal Revenue Service didn't follow its own internal procedures when terminating thousands of probationary employees nor consider their individual performance, according to a new report. The ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is moving for a second time to fire probationary employees at the nation's health agencies, multiple federal officials said, after many previously had their ...

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to toss rulings that found its mass firings of recently hired and promoted federal employees unlawful, arguing that the judicial ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the Trump administration and upheld the mass firing of tens of thousands of probationary federal employees, granting a request for an emergency administrative ...

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to toss previously issued rulings that found its mass firings of recently hired and promoted federal employees unlawful, arguing the ...

The Internal Revenue Service violated its own policies when it fired thousands of probationary employees earlier this year at the direction of the Trump administration, the Treasury Department's ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order expanding the reasons agencies may fire probationary employees, a group the administration has sought to dismiss en masse as part of ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening probationary periods for federal employees, eyeing greater accountability and efficiency within the federal workforce.

Trump’s plans dealt another blow in court as federal judge orders fired probationary employees be rehired - Probationary employees in six government departments were fired in February.

Months have passed since the lawsuit was filed, and many of the fired employees have moved on, the judge noted. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington A federal judge late Friday ruled that the ...