Trump administration revises directive to fire probationary employees

It's unclear how the revised guidance will impact probationary federal workers who have already been fired

The Trump administration appears to be walking back its directive to fire probationary employees.

The reversal comes less than a week after a federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ordering the US defense department and other agencies to carry out the mass firings of some employees, including probationary employees who typically have less than a year of experience