Following the federal court ruling, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies to begin the reinstatement of unlawfully ...

The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.

The Trump administration's update to the guidance comes after a federal judge ruled last week that OPM's communications on probationary employees were illegal.

The National Science Foundation fired 170 probationary employees and experts Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced Monday that it is reinstating dozens of probationary employees that the Trump ...

The Office of Personnel Management has revised a Jan. 20 memo asking federal agencies to identify probationary employees ...

The National Science Foundation is reinstating 84 employees who were terminated in February, the agency announced Monday.

NSF fired most of its probationary employees Tuesday, giving them a few hours’ notice before they lost access to their work and agency systems. Agency leaders held a hybrid meeting Tuesday morning ...

Earlier this month, however, these permanent workers were suddenly told by NSF that their one-year probationary period should have been two years and they were no longer safe from being terminated.

But Reuters has reported that 84 were experts and 86 were probationary employees. The NSF’s probationary period typically lasts 1 year, during which time these employees have fewer civil service ...

The NSF on Tuesday fired 170 people, 86 of whom were classified as probationary and 84 as experts, whose appointments are defined as one year or less, spokesperson Mike England said on Friday.