OPM, federal workers and probationary period

IRS employees accept OPM federal worker buyout; How the 2025 tax season may be affected
The deadline for federal workers to accept OPM's buyout offer was on Feb. 6, but terms of resignation are different for IRS workers during tax season.
Federal Employees on Probation Do Not Have to Be Fired, OPM Says
The OPM framed the severance offer from President Trump and his administration as "administrative leave with pay and benefits."
OPM eases plans to target all federal workers on probation
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is instructing agencies that they do not have to fire all federal employees still on probation but is encouraging them to remove any low
Federal workers shouldn’t sign OPM’s sham resignation agreement
Sign the “Deferred Resignation” contract at your peril. A law professor says you may be giving up some essential rights.
Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees
Hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management.
OPM orders firings of federal workers in probationary period | Morning in America
Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders across the government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period, which can last up to two years from the date they were hired.
OPM directs agencies to fire government workers still on probation
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after being hired.
OPM fires its own probationary period staff
Employees’ physical and IT system access was deactivated at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. On-site staff were also asked to quickly exit the Office of Personnel Management’s premises.
OPM tells federal agencies to start firing probationary employees
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management met with federal agencies Thursday and told them to start letting go of probationary employees.
OPM tells government agencies to start firing recently hired workers
It is the latest step in a nearly government-wide push to reduce the size of the administrative body. (Scripps News)
OPM advises agencies to fire probationary employees after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline
Agencies, however, have final authority over the removal of their probationary employees. A source familiar with OPM’s decision-making told Federal News Network that OPM met with agencies and provided them with guidance to lay off probationary employees,
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Federal workers tell TIME the layoffs feel arbitrary and mismanaged. “We're paralyzed because we don't know what's happening.
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Trump administration's federal "buyout" plan moves forward. Here's what to know.
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Chaos, confusion spread as federal workers face mass layoffs
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Judge sides with OPM, denies injunction over email server concerns
WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied a motion Thursday to temporarily block the Office of Personnel Management’s use of an allegedly unsecured email server. Two federal workers, going by the ...
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IRS employees accept OPM federal worker buyout. How could the 2025 tax season be affected?
About 75,000 federal workers took a buyout deal from the Trump administration. The terms are different for some IRS employees. Learn more here.
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