Trump reclassifies thousands of federal employees, making them easier to fire
by Martin Pengelly in Washington and George Chidi from World news | The Guardian on (#6TPYY)
Executive order effectively reinstates Schedule F', which sought to categorize workers as political hires
Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order reclassifying thousands of federal employees as political hires, making them easier to fire if deemed insufficiently loyal to the new president and his aims.
One of a promised flurry of measures signed on Trump's first day back in power, the order effectively reinstates Schedule F", which sought to allow for the reclassification of tens of thousands of federal workers. Schedule F changed civil service rules to allow for a broad swath of career federal employees to be fired without civil service protection, reclassifying their jobs as political appointments.
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