Rebecca Rainey

2 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey

The Trump administration is asking a federal appeals court to pause a temporary order blocking the administration from implementing mass layoffs and firings of federal workers.

6 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey

The US Labor Department notified probationary employees that were terminated en masse earlier this year that their firings were not performance-related, as demanded by a federal judge in April. “DOL hereby, informs you, as required by the Court, that your earlier termination was not ‘performance’ or fitness based but was made as part of a government-wide mass termination,” the letter sent this week said, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg Law.

6 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey

The US Labor Department notified probationary employees that were terminated en masse earlier this year that their firings were not performance-related, as demanded by a federal judge in April. “DOL hereby, informs you, as required by the Court, that your earlier termination was not ‘performance’ or fitness based but was made as part of a government-wide mass termination,” the letter sent this week said, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg Law.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Rebecca Rainey

The US Department of Labor cutoff nearly all workforce development funding from its Women’s Bureau as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the federal government. All of the grant programs at the sub-agency created to address the needs of women in the labor force, except for those currently involved in litigation, were canceled Tuesday, according to one current DOL employee and one former employee.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Rebecca Rainey

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