The Defense Department says it’s cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place.

President Donald Trump has been cutting probationary employees as part of his effort to downsize the federal workforce.

Federal workers in a probationary period typically have less than one year on the job and have not yet gained civil service protection. Federal workers who received termination notices on Thursday ...

In addition, workers at some agencies were warned that large workplace cuts would be coming.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency's plans, and cuts could happen as soon as ...

Some officials estimated that as many as 10 percent of the government’s 2.3 million federal workers may have probationary status. The CDC’s rankings come as the Trump administration seeks to ...

Many probationary employees in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have received termination letters from the new administration, according to recent reports. The exact number of workers ...

Thousands of probationary employees in multiple government agencies are facing dismissal as the Trump administration continued its effort to rapidly thin the ranks of federal workers. The Office of ...

“As a probationary/trial period employee, the agency has the right to immediately terminate you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804,” the EPA email to probationary employees reads. “The process for ...

The White House and OPM declined to say Friday how many probationary workers, who generally have less than a year on the job, have so far been dismissed. According to government data maintained by ...