Court Filing Details HHS Probationary Worker Layoffs

HHS has terminated 3,248 probationary and trial period employees since Feb. 14, but following a district court order, 2,855 employees who were not already reinstated are now on paid probationary leave as courts sort out the matter, according to an HHS official’s legal filing, which says that returning employees to full-time status would substantially burden HHS and cause turmoil for the terminated employees. The legal declaration filed late Monday (March 17) is part of a case over the Trump administration’s...