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• The Pentagon is asking 364 fired probationary employees to come back - March 21, 2025

• So far, about 65 have been reinstated, according to a Wednesday court filing.

  Meghann Myers, Government Executive

  The Defense Department is complying with a judge’s order to reinstate probationary employees sent packing after the Office of Personnel Management directed agencies to fire them en masse, according to a Wednesday court filing.
  
  The Pentagon had terminated 364 probationary staff since mid-February, the department’s interim deputy personnel director said in a response to a court request for information. So far, about 65 have been reinstated or had their termination notices rescinded.

  “The remainder are pending notification, declined to accept the officer of reinstatement, or requested additional time to consider the offer,” Tim Dill wrote in his March 19 declaration to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
  
  Returning employees will initially be placed on administrative leave while they finish the onboarding process, according to the filing.

  To read the full article, click here.

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