White House Walks Back Cuts to New Federal Workers After Ruling

The Trump administration is walking back a directive ordering federal agencies to cut probationary employees after a judge last week ordered a pause to the mass terminations.

The Office of Personnel Management issued revised guidance Tuesday that clarifies the administration is not directing agencies to terminate probationary workers, who are employees that have typically been in their current positions for less than one year.

The change gives agencies the potential to re-hire workers who they cut in recent weeks, though it was unclear if thousands of workers who have already been dismissed would be reinstated.

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