In a significant ruling, a federal judge ordered the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to retract directives aimed at terminating probationary federal employees. Judge Alsup highlighted that Congress delegates hiring and firing powers directly to agencies like the Department of Defense, emphasizing OPM's lack of jurisdiction over these decisions. The judgment arose from a lawsuit by unions, asserting OPM's orders constituted a major violation of employment laws, mislabeling terminations as performance-related when that was not the case. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees welcomed the ruling as a necessary protection for federal workers.
Alsup said in San Francisco federal court that "Congress has given the authority to hire and fire to the agencies themselves... the Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute..."
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit filed by unions and advocacy organizations... They argued OPM broke the law in ordering agencies to terminate all probationary employees. They claimed OPM perpetrated one of the most massive employment frauds in the history of this country...
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