Summary
The Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency that oversees illegal actions taken against federal workers, ruled that the mass firings of probationary federal workers (those in a trial period after being hired) are likely illegal.
The decision, affecting 6 cases, found that the terminations lacked individualized cause, violating federal rules.
OSC head Hampton Dellinger stated, “Firing probationary employees without individualized cause appears contrary to a reasonable reading of the law.”
This ruling could challenge the legality of nearly all such dismissals, opening the door for broader legal action.
So each fired employee saves, let’s say, $75,000. Then each sues the government and wins a $250,000 settlement, and gets their job back. Of course the government spends $300,000 on lawyers for each case. The savings practically leap into our pockets!
Don’t forget that the money isn’t going to be circulating in the economy either so those taxes are right out.
There’s also nothing efficient about firing people from various critical agencies and then scrambling to bring the back after their records have been purged.
How many will not want to come back too? Or even if they do will now be looking to leave.
It’s an ouroborus - a self feeding problem that will always be able to Boogeyman the problem it caused. Those employees will then be painted as wasting money by tying up courts for settlements, decried like the McDonald’s coffee incident all over again.
At least in four years they can blame the democrats
They deserve to get every penny of that too; it’s a stupidity tax.
It’s only for the trainees at present, not sure why the title exaggerated
Excellent username.