House Democrats launch probe into government shutdown layoff plans
As federal employees face growing threats of layoffs under the partial government shutdown, House Democrats are pressuring Trump…
Amid Trump’s threat of shutdown layoffs, more federal employees being brought back to work
The Trump administration is doubling down on threats to lay off thousands of federal employees if Congress doesn’t…
Unions sue Trump administration over shutdown RIF plans
Federal employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s threats to conduct mass layoffs of government workers amid the…
Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns
After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the Trump administration now…
Despite layoff threat, some feds see government shutdown as an opportunity to push back on Trump’s ‘lawlessness’
With the U.S. Capitol dome as background, Helen Luryi, a former Labor Department employee who lost her job…
Mass email tells federal employees not to blame Trump for government shutdown
With no deal in sight to avoid a government shutdown, several agencies are sending nearly identical emails to…
Federal employee RIFs can still happen in a government shutdown, OPM says
After the Trump administration encouraged agencies to conduct further reductions in force, the Office of Personnel Management is…
Layoff implementation work is exempted from shutdown, Trump admin says
While the Trump administration is threatening mass layoffs if the government shuts down this week, it is leaving…
Feasibility of RIFs around a government shutdown called into question
The Trump administration is taking a more aggressive approach than usual to what would happen in a government…
Days away from a government shutdown, agencies’ contingency plans still unclear
Despite being less than a week away from the government’s funding deadline, and with lawmakers still far from…
Trump administration refuses to turn over court-ordered RIF list
The Trump administration is continuing to keep the details of agencies’ reorganization and staff reduction plans out of…