An independent federal board has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired last ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has to rehire over 5,000 employees who were abruptly laid off as part of President Donald Trump's attempts to unilaterally cut down the size of the federal ...

The Merit Systems Protection Board significantly broadened a previous decision to restore six federal workers' jobs after ...

Under the new order, the fired workers can return to their jobs for 45 days during the Office of Special Counsel's investigation.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate more than 5,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, ...

The Office of Special Counsel applauded MSPB’s stay decision at USDA and urged all agencies to follow suit on reinstating fired probationary employees.

In an exclusive interview with Scripps News, a former official overseeing government employment disputes says there is ...

The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the ...

These Agriculture Department employees must be allowed back to their jobs for 45 days, as the Office of Special Counsel ...

A federal personnel board on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate a fired worker, as well as ...

A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of ...