Six Federal Agencies Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Orders
The order requires the departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Agriculture, and Treasury to rehire employees laid off around Feb. 13.
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A San Francisco federal judge ordered the Trump administration to rehire thousands of the government’s newest employees who were terminated in February.
Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California issued an injunction from the bench on Thursday finding the Office of Personnel Management’s order to federal agency heads to fire probationary employees was illegal.