Summary
Lawyers for a group of fired workers argue that the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees violate merit-based employment laws.
A complaint filed with the Office of the Special Counsel seeks to halt the terminations and reinstate affected workers.
Federal law requires individual performance-based assessments and 60 days’ notice for mass layoffs, which attorneys say were ignored.
Federal workers have strong job protections dating back to an 1883 law aimed at preventing political cronyism.
Legal experts claim Trump’s actions bypass due process and reduction-in-force regulations.
The difference for this is that the probation period is 1 to 2 years for a federal employee.