The Order institutes a new Civil Service Rule XI to ensure agencies effectively utilize probationary and trial periods. Civil Service Rule XI supersedes subpart H and requires agencies to ...

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Section 1. Purpose. The American people deserve a Federal workforce that is high-quality, efficient, dedicated to the public interest, and no larger than necessary. Probationary periods (for employees ...

The probationary firings have hit several agencies, including Veterans Affairs, the Department of Energy, the Small Business Administration and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The cuts are ...

A House panel on Tuesday voted along party lines to advance legislation that would double the amount of time new federal employees must serve before earning their full civil service protections. The ...

The European Commission is discussing the introduction of a probationary period for new European Union members, with the possibility of suspending their rights or expelling them from the bloc in case ...

The Trump administration is targeting the federal workforce with sweeping cuts and employees who are still on probationary status are some of the first positions on the chopping block. The ...