Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

The judge ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees.

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration’s massive dismantling of the federal workforce.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the Office of Personnel Management to inform certain federal agencies that it had no authority to order the firings of probationary employees, including at the Department of Defense.

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