OPM, federal workers and probationary period

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The OPM framed the severance offer from President Trump and his administration as "administrative leave with pay and benefits."
OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more
OPM tells federal agencies to start firing probationary employees
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OPM fires its own probationary period staff
Employees’ physical and IT system access was deactivated at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. On-site staff were also asked to quickly exit the Office of Personnel Management’s premises.
OPM eases plans to target all federal workers on probation
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is instructing agencies that they do not have to fire all federal employees still on probation but is encouraging them to remove any low
OPM orders firings of federal workers in probationary period | Morning in America
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders across the government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period, which can last up to two years from the date they were hired.
Trump administration tells agencies to fire federal workers on probation
The Office of Personnel Management met with agencies across the federal government on Thursday and directed them to fire all employees still on probation a year or more after being
OPM tells government agencies to start firing recently hired workers
It is the latest step in a nearly government-wide push to reduce the size of the administrative body. (Scripps News)
Exclusive: OPM staffers fired en masse on conference call as part of Musk purge, sources say
All probationary staff at the Office of Personnel Management were fired on Thursday in a conference call and given less than ...
Dozens of OPM probationary employees were fired on a mass video call on Thursday and given 20 minutes to collect their belongings
"We ask that you gather your personal belongings and exit the premises by 3 p.m. ET as well," an official on the call said.
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