Protect Our Probationary Employees Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Mar 10, 2025
What it does
The Protect Our Probationary Employees Act would allow federal employees who were involuntarily separated during their probationary or trial period between January 20, 2025, and January 20, 2029, to resume that probationary period upon reinstatement to a substantially similar position in their former agency. The bill defines covered probationary employees as those who served in an Executive agency under an initial appointment and were separated without fault during the specified timeframe. Upon reinstatement, the remaining probationary period would be calculated by subtracting the time already served in the prior position from the original probationary duration, ensuring employees do not…
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