An independent federal board has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired last ...

Under the new order, the fired workers can return to their jobs for 45 days during the Office of Special Counsel's investigation.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate more than 5,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, ...

The Office of Special Counsel applauded MSPB’s stay decision at USDA and urged all agencies to follow suit on reinstating fired probationary employees.

In an exclusive interview with Scripps News, a former official overseeing government employment disputes says there is ...

The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the ...

The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board has temporarily blocked the firings of approximately 5,900 USDA employees who have ...

Appeals board orders thousands of probationary USDA employees back to work for now - 5,600 probationary workers at Department ...

These Agriculture Department employees must be allowed back to their jobs for 45 days, as the Office of Special Counsel ...

A civil service protection board said the mass firings of probationary workers at the agency appeared to violate federal law.

A federal personnel board on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate a fired worker, as well as ...