Getting Paid Not to Work: Federal Probationary Workers Are Being Reinstated But Put on Paid Leave

Getting Paid Not to Work: Federal Probationary Workers Are Being Reinstated But Put on Paid Leave

Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the decision – but placing the employees on paid administrative leave.

Workers at the Internal Revenue Service, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Food and Drug Administration, among other agencies, received emails that said they are being reinstated and placed on administrative leave – essentially being paid not to work.

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