The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection — potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
In addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large workplace cuts would be coming.
Civil Service Protection. I don’t like the employer match on their 401 because we/us OUR tax dollar is used for this instead of us using it for ourselves??
What is civil service protection?
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Civil service protection is a set of laws that protect federal employees from unfair treatment and promote job security. These protections help ensure that government employees are hired and fired based on merit, not political favoritism.
How civil service protections work
- Merit-based system
Civil service laws replace political patronage with a system that hires and promotes employees based on their skills and abilities.
- Fair processes
Civil service laws ensure that job application, testing, and promotion processes are fair.
- Due process
Civil servants have the right to in-person hearings and appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
- Job security
Career appointees can't be fired without "good cause", such as gross incompetence or habitual tardiness.
