The Trump Admin IS abiding by a Federal Judge’s ruling in a suit brought by Federal Unions and probably quietly applauded by Agency and Department heads……..
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 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 employees still in their probationary period, meaning those who were either hired or promoted within the past 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.
“Every agency should immediately rescind these unlawful terminations and reinstate everyone who was illegally fired.”
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“[The] Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency,” Alsup said….
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