Laid off Federeal workers are NOT going Back to work..But Getting paid!…..

To comply with two Federal Judges decisions?

The smart assed Trump people are PAYING those workers to STAY HOME….

Yup….

The idiots who calim they are trying to ‘cut’ waste an inefecienties are PAYING GOVERNMENT WORKERS TAX- PAYER MONEY TO NOT WORK‼️

What IS Wrong with This?

Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the decision – but placing the employees on paid administrative leave.

Workers at the Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Food and Drug Administration, among other agencies, received emails that said they are being reinstated and placed on administrative leave – essentially being paid not to work.

Separately, at least one US Department of Agriculture probationary employee who was terminated received notice late last week that they would be reinstated and placed on paid administrative leave initially. The agency told staffers it is developing a phased plan to return them to duty. This action stems from an earlier order by the Merit Systems Protection Board, which said that nearly 6,000 probationary workers who lost their jobs in mid-February had to be reinstated for at least 45 days.

At the Federal Aviation Administration, workers were informed that they would be put on administrative leave through Wednesday and their supervisors would reach out about resuming their duties. They will receive back pay, and the termination will be removed from the personnel record….

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Workers interviewed by CNN said they were pleased that they are being reinstated and getting paid again, but they expressed frustration that they cannot return to their jobs. Many, if not all, had to return their work laptops and phone, had their work emails suspended and have been told not to go to their offices.

“I’m ready and raring to go. I don’t like to get paid not to do my work,” the USDA probationary worker told CNN. “The whole fraud, waste and abuse thing, it’s kind of hilarious now, because they’re wasting money by paying us all to not work.”

Employees CNN interviewed said they are in a holding pattern. Two said they have applied for scores of jobs but haven’t gotten any interviews.

Some are also wary that the courts may ultimately rule in the Trump administration’s favor or that they may lose their job anyway through the sweeping reduction in force, or RIF, that is underway across the federal government…

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The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents IRS workers, called the administration’s action “chaotic” and “disrespectful.”

“While paid administrative leave still deprives the agency of much-needed staffing during tax filing season, it allows these mistreated employees to continue to receive their pay and benefits as the legal battle continues,” the NTEU said.

But not all laid-off probationary employees are so eager to return to their agencies. One IRS worker on the audit team said that the office has become so toxic and abusive under the Trump administration that they must carefully consider their next step.

“A good part of me says this is not viable. I can’t go back to work under these conditions,” the worker, who is a certified public accountant, told CNN. “It was almost inhumane. You knew something was coming down, and there was just a complete vacuum of information.”….

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The uncertainty would seem to be a means for the Trump people to also get rid of some workers, who are well aware that the courts COULD allow Trump to get away with the job cuts….