#federal-employment

#federal-employment

The Supreme Court in April already overturned a district judge's injunction that prevented the firings of employees in their probationary periods, but the order has not yet been formally revoked. Following the high court's ruling, the district judge in California demanded federal agencies send letters to impacted workers notifying them that their dismissals were part of an effort to shrink government and not due to their individual performances.

The Supreme Court's shadow docket decision in McMahon v New York enables the Trump administration to proceed with abolishing the Education Department and firing 1,400 employees.

Most agencies reported analyzing how remote work affected their ability to recruit and retain staff and found offering it likely had positive effects.

According to the report, DOGE-related efforts remain the leading reason given for job cut announcements this year.

The increase of job openings to nearly 7.4 million in April exceeded expectations, reflecting a cautious labor market as companies retain employees while awaiting Trump-era policy impacts.

We're looking to have AI agents perform tasks currently handled by tens of thousands of federal workers, potentially automating many roles in the government.

The proposed regulations would revive Schedule F, allowing 50,000 federal workers to be stripped of civil service protections, making them at-will employees.