Fired Federal Workers Reinstated by Civil Service Appeals Board

Six probationary federal employees terminated under the Trump administration will return to their positions for now, after an independent commission said their firing broke the laws that shield career staff from political influence.

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the panel that mediates disputes between agencies and their workers, found reasonable grounds that the Trump administration violated the part of civil service law requiring federal agencies to keep employees based on adequacy of performance.

Member Raymond Limon on Tuesday granted a stay of the firings requested by the Office of Special Counsel. He ordered the federal agencies to reinstate the ...