"The sweeping court order added the nation’s environmental regulator to a long list of agencies that must bring back probationary workers."
"EPA is now among the agencies facing court orders to reinstate “probationary” employees who were terminated as part of President Donald Trump’s endeavor to shrink the federal government.
A temporary restraining order issued Thursday night by a federal judge in Maryland directed 18 agencies — including EPA and the Interior, Energy and Agriculture departments — to bring back workers with “probationary” status, which generally includes those with less than one to two years of service.
The decision followed a separate order issued Thursday by Senior Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, who condemned the firings as a “sham” approach by the government’s human resources department to duck legal obligations for dismissing federal workers."
Pamela King reports for E&E News March 14, 2025.
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