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The federal government has begun the process of firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration weeks after a fatal crash at Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Budget reduction efforts.
The Trump administration has fired thousands of people in its cost-cutting efforts.
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Important facts
Health Agency: Approximately 5,200 probation employees at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are eligible for layoffs, according to multiple outlets. Drug administration was also fired on Saturday evening (the number of employees fired is still unknown). Approximately 20 staff members (known as “disease detectors”) at CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service have been fired, according to NBC News.
Department of Energy: As many as 2,000 probation employees at the Department of Energy: Agency were fired Thursday, citing anonymous sources.
Ministry of Education: Some probation employees at the agency, including those from the General Counsel Office, the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, and the Federal Student Aid Agency — reported this week that they notified their dismissal through a letter citing “performance.” did. cited sources from an unknown union that claimed “dozens” of employees.
Veterans Affairs Bureau: The agency announced Thursday that more than 1,000 employees, including some probation employees, were fired “quickly effective” as personnel changes save more than $98 million a year.
U.S. Forest Service: More than 3,400 employees were fired Thursday. These include positions at each level of agency.
Small Business Administrator: Some probation employees at the agency received an email notifying them of termination, but before another email stated that the first notification was incorrect, but Tuesday’s third The outlet reported that the shooting was confirmed when the message was notified only by email.
HR Management Office: The office’s probation employees were let go Thursday, union officials with the U.S. Government Employees Federation told NPR, adding that around 100 people attended the video call. Trump administration offers to resign.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The union representing financial institution workers is about 73 of its members after an agency that elicited rage from Trump’s tech allies was ordered to stop union leaders and Trump. said he was fired. The administration reached a contract on Friday, but the agency’s employees will not be fired, but the lawsuit challenging the lawsuit remains pending.
National Nuclear Safety Administration: Employees at agencies that oversee US nuclear weapons will fire around 300 of the agency’s 1,800 staff, but the Trump administration is now hiring some of those employees It is reportedly said to be
General Services Management: More than 100 people have been affected by layoffs from the agency responsible for the federal real estate portfolio, three people familiar with the issue told Reuters.
Federal Aviation Administration: Professional aviation safety expert President David Spero said hundreds of probation employees were fired on February 14, from a non-government email informing them that they were fired on February 14. I received the email late in the day. The Associated Press people included “people employed in maintenance of FAA radar, landings and navigation aid,” but a fatal hollow collision underscored the shortage of traffic controllers.
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Which other officials have been fired by Trump?
It is not immediately clear how many staff members have been affected by widespread layoffs across the Trump administration, separate from the voluntary takeover deals offered to more than two million federal workers. Trump’s administration reportedly has made many other famous fires. In the case against at least 17 inspectors, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Chief Financial Officer and three other FEMA workers, U.S. Coast Guard commander Linda Fagan, and more than 12 prosecutors who worked, Trump, the There are at least nine high-ranking FBI agents and directors of the Government Ethics Bureau.
Amazing facts
Trump’s massive cuts to jobs have attracted criticism even from Republican senators. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of R-Alaska on Friday claimed that the administration fired more than 100 Alaskans, with many terminations “doesn’t harm more than good,” and the Trump administration’s “approach is confusing, uncertain.” And now he claims that it is causing trauma. Civil servant.” R-La. Sen. Bill Cassidy, of the FBI, similarly criticised the cuts in jobs he had at the FBI, saying on Saturday: ”
Who is the probation employee?
They are new employees who were primarily federal workers who remained less than a year and are not given some employment protections, including the right to termination. Probation employees are targets for Trump administration layoffs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Big numbers
Over 200,000. According to human resources data, it is how many probation workers federal workers have.
How many employees have resigned since Trump took office?
The Trump administration separately provided that by September all federal workers had given them a salary for all federal workers, if they chose to voluntarily resign. The administration suggests that employees who are not part of the program could be subject to major termination. The acquisition agreement was temporarily put on hold in the lawsuit, but a federal judge allowed the program to resume this week.
Is it legal to end?
That’s unknown. The administration faces multiple lawsuits over some of the more well-known shootings. The judge temporarily revived the chief of Special Advisors Office, Hampton Dillinger, who filed a lawsuit Monday in opposition to his firing. Eight inspectors also alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that their dismissal violated federal rules. The administration also includes Gwyn Wilcox, former National Labor Relations Committee chairman, who was fired by Trump on January 27th, and Kathy Harris, former Merit Systems Protection Committee member, who was fired on February 10th. is facing a lawsuit from. Harris is a Democrat. Trump also fired Raymond Limon, another Democrat on the three panels, and appointed only Republican Henry Kerner as chairman.
What are the rules for large federal layoffs?
Under federal regulations for large layoffs known as “power reduction,” the government must provide 60 days’ notice for layoffs. According to the Wall Street Journal, it is not an attempt to replace workers, but a job should be completely eliminated. Employees who believe the administration has broken protocols can file a complaint with the Merit Systems Protection Committee by terminating them. It also includes protections for independent boards and committees such as the NLRB. According to the Wall Street Journal, the president can only fire members of the board for “misconduct” or “lack of duty.”
What other cuts do you expect?
Trump aims to cut budgets averaged between 30% and 40% across all government agencies, and it says that staffing cuts serve as a key area of spending rollbacks, citing two anonymous sources. It was reported that there was. Much of the spending cuts is led by billionaire Elon Musk and his government’s efficiency.
Is the agency exempted from termination?
The Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security are not expected to face budget cuts or staff cuts.
What other agency-wide personnel changes has Trump made?
Trump is trying to dismantle multiple federal arms, including the US International Development Agency, the CFPB and all diversity, equity and comprehensive initiatives. The judge recently blocked Trump’s attempt to put 2,200 USAID staff on paid leave. Shortly after taking office, Trump ordered all DEI employees to be placed on paid leave. The Justice Department is also looking forward to a staff shake-up, with Trump’s appointees investigating prosecutors who worked on cases related to the January 6 Capitol riots.
How does Trump want to use Schedule F to terminate employees?
Trump policy from his first term to reclassify tens of thousands of federal civilian employees to take charge of their will and to make it easier to fire them by removing protection from their work. has signed an executive order to revive it. Several unions, including the U.S. Government Employee Federation, U.S. State Federation, County and City Employee Unions, and National Treasury Employee Unions, have filed lawsuits to stop Schedule F from becoming effective. Schedule F is unrelated to the massive layoffs of probation employees, but is widely regarded as another tool that Trump can use to exert large power over the composition of the federal workforce. .
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