More than 1,100 workers at the Epa received notification today that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired right away, according to an email acquired by CNN.
Probationary employees receiving the email have actually been operating at the firm for less than a year. The emails started to head out late on Wednesday afternoon, according to an EPA union official.
The very same message will be sent out to other agency workforces, a White House official said. Across the US federal government, the most recent information shows there are more than 220,000 employees on probation.
"As a probationary/trial period employee, the firm has the right to right away end you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804," the EPA email to probationary employees checks out. "The procedure for probationary removal is that you receive a notice of termination, and your employment is ended immediately."
"Each employee's status will be figured out separately," the email adds.
The e-mail also spells out an appeals process staff members can take to see if they are eligible for additional protection.
The approach resembles how Elon Musk, now a key Trump adviser, dealt with layoffs when he bought Twitter - make a new email alias (in this case, notice@epa.gov) and then send mass termination to everybody on it.
The US Office of Personnel Management declined to comment, and the White House and EPA did not react to demands for extra comment.
The EPA union official said these probationary workers aren't the same as at-will staff members
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EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning their Employment could Be Terminated
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