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Some workers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have received a letter from the agency warning them that they can be dismissed in the middle of the Trump administration The efforts to reduce the government, Fox Business learned.
Email, which was sent to 1,100 EPA employees Wednesday, according to the email examined by Fox Business, informs the workers that they were judged under probationary status or are during trial as an employee and could be dismissed immediately.
He asks the recipients to respond to an EPA email address only if they have one or more years of previous civil service or if they are a veteran – although he warns that “confirm that one or more of These categories apply to you is not decisive of your probationary / state of the trial period.
“As a probation / test employee, the agency has the right to immediately put you to dismiss under 5 CFR § 315.804”, explained the e-mail. “The probationary deletion process is that you receive a termination notice, and your job is completed immediately.”
Washington, DC – August 21: The American environmental protection agency building was seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross / Getty Images / Getty Images)
E -mail notes that EPA workers who are considered to be in probation status or in a trial period may have the right to use their dismissal to the US Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) according to Personnel Management Office (OPM) rules.
Whether or not the employees of EPA have the right to appeal their dismissal “will depend on whether you respond to the definition of an” employee “under the law … and if you meet the requirements of a regulation OPM which grants appeal rights, “said the email.
The administration of President Donald Trump is evolving to retreat from the federal workforce as part of a cost reduction thrust. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
EPA email warning employees of the probation period and trials of their potential dismissal occurs while the Trump administration seeks to shrink the federal workforce in the context of a boost of reduction costs Elon Musk Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) while bringing workers from telework programs to the office.
On Tuesday, OPM sent an email to the government level offering redemptions to certain federal employees as part of a program scheduled from January 28 to February 6. As part of the initiative, federal workers can choose to resign within the framework of the program while keeping all wages and benefits, whatever the workload, and be exempt from working requirements in person until As of September 30, 2025.
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SpaceX and the founder of Tesla, Elon Musk, is the head of the Ministry of Government Effectiveness (DOGE). (Samuel Corum / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Federal workers who choose to take the acquisition and delayed resignation will also continue to accumulate personal holidays and days of vacation which will be paid on their date of final resignation, even if the workers will not be required to work during the period of Report. They can continue to accumulate federal retirement services during this period and can also obtain a second job.
Redemptions do not apply to military staff Among the armed forces, American postal services, positions related to the application of immigration and national security, and to any other position specifically excluded by the agency whose federal workers are employed.
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“Federal labor should undergo significant short-term changes,” said OPM in a frequently requested question document linked to the letter. “Due to these changes (or for other reasons), you may want to leave the federal government under conditions that offer you enough time and economic security to plan your future – and have a great vacation.”
