As Agencies Begin Compliance With TRO, Some Employees Told They Can Resign With Clean Records

HHS agencies are beginning to comply with a court order that directs the federal government to restore probationary employees to jobs, but some workers are being placed on administrative leave rather than returning to work and at least one agency, CMS, is offering employees the option to resign with clean records. Agencies faced a deadline of Monday (March 17) at 1 p.m. to comply with a temporary restraining order (TRO) that ordered terminated probationary employees be returned to their employment...