National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

Before she had even unpacked her Washington, D.C., apartment after making the move from Alabama, Katie Sandlin became one of ...

Unions for federal workers have filed a lawsuit to block the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President ...

Federal workers, particularly what’s known as probationary workers, are preparing for sweeping layoffs. Here's what that ...

More than 2,000 workers at the Interior Department were fired in recent days, according to counts from workers groups and ...

The IRS plans to lay off roughly 7,000 workers in Washington and around the country beginning Thursday. WASHINGTON — The IRS ...

It is not clear whether all probationary personnel will be let go — instead, some might be exempted due to the critical ...

Erie VAMC officials identified the employees as probationary staff, which means most of them had been working for less than one year.

One letter cites a lack of “fitness or qualification” as the reason for termination – despite positive performance reviews.

The firings hit facilities in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Waco and Temple. The VA said the scale of the layoffs was 'small' but refused to divulge a number.