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Federal employees get second RIF notice after agencies brought them back

Federal employees get second RIF notice after agencies brought them back

With no deal in sight to end the second-longest government shutdown, federal employees facing layoffs and furloughs say this situation is taking an unimaginable toll Many furloughed and excepted federal employees received a partial paycheck earlier this month and are on track to miss their first full paycheck as soon as this week. Meanwhile, some of the approximately 4,000 federal …

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Unions sue Trump administration over shutdown RIF plans

Unions sue Trump administration over shutdown RIF plans

Federal employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s threats to conduct mass layoffs of government workers amid the latest shutdown. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees allege that the Office of Management and Budget has taken a “legally unsupportable” position to use a lapse in …

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Trump administration refuses to turn over court-ordered RIF list

Trump administration refuses to turn over court-ordered RIF list

The Trump administration is continuing to keep the details of agencies’ reorganization and staff reduction plans out of the public eye, according to court documents the government’s lawyers filed on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston last week ordered the Trump administration to submit a list of the 40 reduction-in-force actions across 17 agencies that government officials told the …

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