Federal worker layoffs would be decided based largely on employees’ performance rather than their years of service under the Trump administration’s latest proposal to overhaul government workforce job ...

Since a draft of the new policy began circulating last fall, federal regulators expanded those excluded from agency reduction in force rules to include all career federal workers in the government’s ...

Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

Critics have warned the proposal could benefit federal employees deemed politically loyal to the Trump administration during a reduction in force.

The Trump administration's proposal to prioritize performance in RIFs comes after OPM teed up plans to limit high performance ratings for federal employees.

Members of the National Treasury Employees Union have faced shutdowns, layoffs and new regulations that could strip them of protections.

Amid President Trump’s bureaucracy-slashing directives, the federal workforce shrunk by about nearly 10 percent in 2025.

OPM’s Federal HR 2.0 consolidates systems, but without connected workflows and AI-driven experiences agencies may still see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Monday, the President Donald Trump administration proposed a rule that would remove independent oversight for federal employees ...

A moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapsed with the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.