The mass firing of federal probationary employees was blocked in a decision from the United States District Court for Maryland.
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order, or TRO, for 18 federal agencies ordering to stop the illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees and to reinstate fired employees by 1 p.m. March 17.
A probationary federal employee is an employee recently hired or promoted. According to the verdict, the government did not provide advance notice for firings disclaiming performance as the reason for firing.
On the record before the court however, there were no individualized assessments of employees who were fired; making the layoffs a Reduction in Force, which requires a notice to states.
The administration can lay off employees if it follows the process outlined in federal law, the TRO states for employees returning to work.
The TRO order applies to 18 federal agencies and orders the agencies to give terminated employees their jobs back.
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