Becker's Healthcare February 14, 2025
The Trump administration on Feb. 13 ordered HHS to lay off “nearly all” of its 5,200 probationary employees, The Associated Press reported Feb. 14.
In a National Institutes of Health department meeting recording obtained by the AP, an NIH office director said some probationary employees with specialized skills might be retained. Affected employees were notified via email on the afternoon of Feb. 13. Many probationary employees are people who have worked for the federal government for about one to two years, before gaining civil service protections. Some probationary employees are veteran staffers who may have been recently promoted, according to the AP.
Around 1,300 CDC probationary employees — around 10% of the agency’s workforce — were also part of...
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