Many government workers being cut are those with fewer protections. They are relatively new in their current jobs, but often have years of experience.

The move comes amid a government-wide effort to cut probationary workers by the Department of Government Efficiency task force led by billionaire Elon Musk.

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The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ...

One health official told CBS News thousands of letters were sent out Saturday. Probationary workers are those that generally have less than a year on the job and are easier to fire than other ...

She had hoped that she and other probationary employees would ... said she was hurt that her termination letter said "further employment was not in the interest of the American public." ...

Letter writers discuss job losses at Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump, and Oval Office meeting with ...

A probationary employee is someone who was recently hired by a federal ... Probationary employees, however, are still entitled to a written letter or termination notice with a reason for the firing.

A group of Senate Democrats is demanding answers on the Department of Veterans Affairs' recent firings of 2,400 probationary ...

A probationary employee is the same as: 1) PRIVATE: as an enlisted person in the army. 2) LIEUTENANT: as an officer in the military. 3) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: as a teacher/researcher in higher ...