Democrats decried the measure as a Trojan horse aimed at more easily screening new federal workers and job seekers on ideological grounds.

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) officials met with agency leaders across government Thursday and directed them to begin firing employees still in their probationary period a year or more after ...

House Republicans' EQUALS Act would require most new federal employees to serve a two-year probationary period before becoming tenured government workers.

Within a slate of federal workforce bills, Oversight committee lawmakers will consider GOP-led proposals on official time, probationary periods and training.

It is always an exciting time when as a young probationary firefighter (Proby) you finally get off probation and you can remove the “dreaded” orange front-piece, patch or sticker on your helmet that ...

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