More than 1,100 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency got notification this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired instantly, according to an email gotten by CNN.
Probationary workers receiving the e-mail have been operating at the agency for less than a year. The emails started to head out late on Wednesday afternoon, according to an EPA union authorities.
The very same message will be sent out to other agency labor forces, a White House authorities stated. Across the US federal government, the most recent information shows there are more than 220,000 staff members on probation.
"As a probationary/trial period employee, the firm deserves to immediately end you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804," the EPA e-mail to probationary employees reads. "The procedure for probationary removal is that you receive a notice of termination, and your employment is ended instantly."
"Each staff member's status will be determined separately," the email adds.
The e-mail likewise spells out an appeals process staff members can take to see if they are qualified for additional protection.
The approach resembles how Elon Musk, now an consultant, dealt with layoffs when he purchased Twitter - make a new email alias (in this case, notice@epa.gov) and after that send mass termination letters to everyone on it.
The US Office of Personnel Management decreased to comment, and the White House and EPA did not respond to demands for additional remark.
The EPA union authorities said these probationary workers aren't the same as at-will staff members
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EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning their Employment might Be Terminated
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