More than 1,100 workers at the Environmental Protection Agency got notice this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and cautioning they might be fired immediately, according to an email acquired by CNN.
Probationary employees getting the e-mail have been operating at the company for less than a year. The emails started to go out late on Wednesday afternoon, according to an EPA union official.
The exact same message will be sent to other agency labor forces, a White House official said. Across the US government, the current data shows there are more than 220,000 staff members on probation.
"As a probationary/trial period employee, the firm can right away end you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804," the EPA email to probationary staff members reads. "The process for probationary elimination is that you get a notification of termination, and your employment is ended instantly."
"Each worker's status will be determined individually," the email adds.
The email likewise spells out an appeals process workers can require to see if they are eligible for extra protection.
The technique is similar to how Elon Musk, now a crucial Trump adviser, managed layoffs when he bought Twitter - make a new email alias (in this case, notice@epa.gov) and employment after that send out mass termination letters to everybody on it.
The US Office of Personnel Management declined to comment, and the White House and EPA did not respond to ask for employment additional remark.
The EPA union official stated these probationary employees aren't the same as at-will employees
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EPA Workers Receive Emails Warning their Employment could Be Terminated
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