ALG Partner Michelle Bercovici provides an initial take on SCOTUS’s order to lift a District Court injunction that had prohibited federal agencies from moving forward with mass layoffs and what employees can expect.

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As we head into Public Service Recognition Week, Alden Law Group and our partners at Democracy Forward continue to fight for federal employees and submitted a challenge to the Office of Special Counsel’s reversal of position on terminated probationary employee’s cases.

🚨 OPM’s new proposed rule would allow over 50,000 federal workers to be fired without notice or cause. This rule would politicize public service jobs and gut protections for feds. Jim Eisenmann @jimmmye.bsky.social explains what’s happening and why it matters:

ALG is proud to work with @democracyforward.org to fight the illegal firings of immigration judges. The appeals before the MSPB argue that the terminations were an illegal reduction-in-force that violated civil service protections, merit system principles and due process under federal law.

ALG Partner Jim Eisenmann @jimmmye.bsky.social joined an Amicus Curiae Brief on behalf of Cathy Harris, the former Chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board, who is appealing her removal from the Board by the Trump Administration. Read the brief filed by @alilockwood.bsky.social:

In response to @democracyforward.org & the Alden Group's request, the MSPB ruled to reinstate 5,000 unlawfully terminated probationary USDA employees, in a win for the American people & the rule of law. We'll keep fighting to ensure this decision applies to all impacted employees. bit.ly/3DkKAD8

BREAKING: The MSPB has issued a “stay," or pause, of all over 5,000 illegally terminated probationary employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). osc.gov/News/Pages/P...

Follow this post for updates and FAQs on our firm's complaint with @democracyforward.org to the Office of Special Counsel on behalf of terminated probationary employees:

If you were summarily fired alongside probationary employees but believe you were not probationary, here's what we recommend you do next:

Major ruling Saturday by US District Judge Jackson - officially granted a permanent injunction in favor of Special Counsel Hamp Dellinger. This decision reinforces the rule of law and ensures independence of the special counsel.
⚖️ #PermanentInjunction #whistleblowers #ruleoflaw #federalemployees

Our survey for terminated probationary employees is still open to anyone who wants to contribute to data we are providing to OSC with @democracyforward.org. Filling out this form does not constitute an individual or class OSC complaint or an election of remedies: forms.gle/CsJ5oztyfdhEamih8

Jim Eisenmann, ALG Partner, joined CNN to explain the role of the little-known Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) that will hear and decide appeals from terminated employees who believe partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices had a hand in their firings. @jimmmye.bsky.social

In response to our complaint filed along w/ Alden Law Group, the OSC recommends halting termination of probationary federal employees. The decision is now w/ MSPB who has the authority & precedent to approve the pause of terminations. In the absence of a decision, the pause will take effect on 2/27.

Jim Eisenmann, fmr Executive Director of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, calls the civil service the backbone of government—where skill and accountability replace political patronage. It’s taken centuries to build government free from purges and partisan power plays.

Jim Eisenmann, Partner at Alden Law Group, joined CBS this week to discuss Trump administration proposals to cut the federal workforce. Although RIFs are allowed in certain circumstances, the administration "can't just fire anyone they want."