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Trump administration to make it easier to fire senior federal workers, WSJ reports
The rule affects about 2% of federal workers, removing longstanding protections to allow quicker discipline or firing of senior staff seen as obstructing presidential policies.
- On February 5, 2026, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management finalized a rule that gives President Donald Trump authority to reclassify senior federal staff, affecting roughly 50,000 employees.
- The change traces to an executive order President Donald Trump signed his first day back in office last year and revives Schedule F, recommended in Project 2025.
- OPM's final rule establishes the Schedule Policy/Career class exempting policy roles from appeals, with an eligible positions list due within 30 days; whistleblower oversight shifts back to agency supervisors requiring unbiased investigations.
- In January, more than 30 groups filed litigation to block the policy, and federal judges paused earlier litigation while the administration finalized changes; the rule will be scrutinized by a federal judge.
- Historically, federal employees often spend decades in agencies, but the 2025 White House workforce reductions saw more than 300,000 leave, raising concerns about politicization and loss of expertise, union leaders warn.
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50,000 federal workers in US may lose job protections under new Trump administration rule
Rule allows agencies to move federal employees involved in policy into at-will positions– meaning they can be fired at any time – which do not carry same job protections as other career roles - Anadolu Ajansı
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