reinstate most fired probationary staff

Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate most fired probationary
staff

Ruling by California judge applies to thousands of employees dismissed
from six federal agencies

A federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction to
reinstate thousands of fired probationary workers at federal agencies
as part of a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government
Employees.

The ruling by the judge William H Alsup in the US district court for
the northern district of California applies to fired probationary
employees at the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans
Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department
of the Interior and the Department of the Treasury.

At least 30,000 probationary employees working for the federal
government have been fired as part of the efforts of Donald Trump and
Elon Musk's so-called "department of government efficiency" to slash
the federal workforce and government expenditures.

Many of the employees were fired with the cited reason being poor
performance, though workers have disputed this based on positive
performance evaluations.

Alsup said it was a "lie" that the probationary workers who were fired
had performance issues.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/federal-court-orders-fired-workers-doge