20 States Sue Federal Agencies Over Mass Terminations

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The states say theyโ€™ve been harmed by the mass layoffs and want a court to reinstate the fired workers.

Maryland, California, and 18 other state attorneys general sued nearly two dozen federal agencies under President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration on March 6, seeking reinstatement for tens of thousands of newer workers laid off in recent weeks.

The mass terminations of probationary workers are illegal because the agencies have not been complying with legal requirements for reductions in force (RIFs), Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown and the other attorneys general said in the lawsuit.

Among the requirements is providing 60 days of advance notice to workers and states.

โ€œThe Office of Personnel Management (โ€œOPMโ€) has unlawfully directed federal agencies to conduct mass terminations of probationary employees, suddenly and without any advance notice,โ€ the suit, filed in federal court in Maryland, states. โ€œDefendants have followed through on this directive, firing employees by the hundreds and, in many instances, thousandsโ€”all without following the procedures for conducting RIFs and without providing notice to the affected employees or states.โ€

The states say theyโ€™ve been harmed because theyโ€™re struggling to identify which agencies have conducted layoffs and which terminated workers require state support. They also say the terminated workers have sought unemployment and other social services.

โ€œThese layoffs are not only harmful to the federal workforce, but theyโ€™re also straining state resources and risk overburdening Maryland,โ€ Brown said in a video statement.

The states are asking the court to order the 21 agency defendants to cease mass terminations of probationary workers and to reinstate any who were fired on or after Jan. 20, when Trump was sworn in.

โ€œThe Trump Administrationโ€™s sweeping mass firing of probationary federal employees is simply unlawful,โ€ California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. He noted that more than 200,000 federal workers are on probationary status.

The U.S. Department of Justice, which represents federal agencies in court, did not respond to an early morning request for comment.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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