Uncertainty over back pay, RIFs deepening apprehension for federal employees under shutdown
For many federal employees, the current government shutdown is even less certain than past ones — in large…
Despite failed Senate vote, lawmakers ‘hopeful’ for reaching bipartisan agreement to pay feds
A Republican measure to immediately pay federal employees who are working without pay under the shutdown failed to…
Trump Proceeds With Some Shutdown Layoffs After Court Freeze (1)
The Trump administration says it’s moving forward with hundreds of planned federal worker layoffs, but will hold off…
Department of Interior to Start Layoffs Monday, Union Says (1)
The Department of Interior is preparing mass layoffs beginning Monday despite a federal judge’s order prohibiting firings due…
Court blocks Trump administration’s latest mass layoffs for federal employees
A judge is temporarily blocking the Trump administration from carrying out its latest round of federal employee layoffs…
Former federal employees join Democrats to rally against coming RIFs
Now in the third week of the partial government shutdown, tensions are rising rapidly over the impending wave…
Federal employees brace for first partial paychecks as shutdown continues
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to receive reduced paychecks, now on day 10 of the…
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…
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…
Trump HR Office Sanctions Agency Firings if Government Shutters
Federal agencies may fire workers if Congress can’t reach a deal to fund the government by the end…
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…
Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees
President Donald Trump has carved out a new category of federal employment attempting to create a supplemental class…