President Donald Trump's administration is targeting the federal workforce to cut back on costs, and employees within their probationary period may be the first to go. Trump's Department of Government ...

EPA has fired hundreds of its employees, many of whom are just starting their careers at the agency, as the Trump administration pares down the federal workforce. The staffers let go by EPA were on ...

A coalition of government employee unions sued late Wednesday over the Trump administration’s efforts to fire employees still in their probationary period across the federal government. The Office of ...

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is now suggesting that agencies do not have to fire all their federal employees who are still on probation, a senior official told Newsweek. President Donald ...

The Trump administration fired federal employees on probationary status Thursday, affecting tens of thousands of staffers nationwide. The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel ...

Employers, are you expecting too much from your "probationary period"? Most employers have a 90-day "probationary period," and if you believe what's in their policies, they can fire an employee for ...

No matter how meticulous your hiring process may be, it’s hard to know if even the most impressive candidates will work out. But, employee turnover is expensive. And, when you have long-standing job ...

Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's administration, alleging that officials are exploiting and ...

The National Science Foundation fired 170 probationary employees and experts Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce, the agency confirmed. In ...

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Lottery Commission is considering changing its employee handbook to add a six-month probationary period for new workers. The commission's personnel committee on Friday ...