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• The Trump administration is pausing RIFs but probationary firings are resuming - May 19, 2025

• Some agencies have walked back their layoffs, but the court order spurring that action is not preventing re-firings.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  The Trump administration is abiding by a court order to pause layoffs across most federal agencies, but it is still finding ways to shrink the federal workforce through involuntary means.

  The Housing and Urban Development Department has begun once again firing its probationary employees—those recently hired or promoted—through a process distinct and separate from a reduction in force. Other agencies, including the Labor Department and National Science Foundation, meanwhile, are walking back recent RIFs due to a court-issued temporary restraining order. 

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