Federal judge invalidates OPM's directives to terminate federal probationary workers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Because of jurisdictional issues involved in the lawsuit, Alsup said that for now, his order could only be applied to affected employees in the National Park Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Science Foundation, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Defense.
49% : " Alsup said he would issue a more detailed ruling in a forthcoming written opinion, but said he felt it was important to issue the substance of his findings right away in light of the fact that the Department of Defense had been planning to start terminating thousands of probationary employees on Friday.
48% : Attorneys for the government had argued that the OPM memos regarding probationary employee terminations were mere "guidance" and not directives, and therefore were legally permissible.

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