Watchdog declines to pursue cases involving fired probationary federal workers

The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) told fired probationary employees it would no longer pursue complaints they were wrongfully terminated, a reversal that comes after the Trump administration fired the head of the agency.

In an email to those who had filed claims with the agency, the OSC said it “plans to take no further action” on some 2,000 complaints. 

The Trump administration in February ordered the firing of probationary workers, those hired in the last year or two, depending on their agency.