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Mass Firing of Probationary Federal Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules

Months have passed since the lawsuit was filed, and many of the fired employees have moved on, the judge noted.

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Judge William H. Alsup found the terminations illegal because they came at the direction of the Office of Personnel Management and not the agencies where the employees worked, which hold the authority to hire and fire.
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