A federal appeals court has paused a lower court’s ruling ordering the government to rehire around 24,000 probationary workers. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated that the government is likely to succeed in showing the district court lacked jurisdiction over the claims made by the workers. The ruling stays an order from last month that compelled the workers to be rehired until the government’s full appeal is decided. This decision effectively ends the injunction directing that the workers get their jobs back, as the Supreme Court issued a similar ruling regarding around 16,000 workers in California. The 4th Circuit decision was based on a broader ruling from a federal judge in Maryland, who found that the government did not follow proper procedures for firing that many employees, as they were all dismissed collectively without advance notice. U.S. District Judge James Bredar’s ruling emphasized that the government claimed to have dismissed each probationary employee for individualized reasons, but on the record, this was not the case. This ongoing legal battle highlights the challenges faced by probationary workers and the need for proper procedures to be followed in their employment termination.
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