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nitpicker

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Thu Feb 1, 2018, 05:48 AM Feb 2018

VA reveals hundreds of additional firings following Trumps State of the Union

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2018/01/31/va-reveals-hundreds-of-additional-firings-following-trumps-state-of-the-union/

VA reveals hundreds of additional firings following Trump’s State of the Union

By: Leo Shane III    12 hours ago

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs revealed on Wednesday several hundred employee firings that had not been publicly reported. The revised tally matches comments made by President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address. Trump said more than 1,500 VA employees had been fired since he signed new accountability legislation last summer. Military Times on Tuesday night reported that Trump had exaggerated that number, citing VA’s own statistics on its website. On Wednesday, the VA said Trump’s figure included about 700 probationary dismissals not previously publicly reported.

During his address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump listed several veterans policy accomplishments among his administration’s most notable work of the past year. That included sweeping new rules for the hiring and firing of VA workers, which Republicans on Capitol Hill had sought for several years.
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VA officials have publicly posted all employee firing, demotion and suspension data online since last July. Those reports showed 1,046 worker removals since mid-June, after the new legislation was signed. But on Wednesday, following questions about Trump’s speech assertions, VA spokesman Curt Cashour said the firing total should include 691 probationary dismissals not previously made public by the department. Including those new firings would bring the total number of VA workers fired since the bill’s signing to more than 1,700 individuals.

Official accountability reports posted weekly on the department’s website do not include any information about firings of workers during their initial probationary period. Cashour said starting Thursday, those dismissals will also be included in the weekly report updates.
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For anyone who doesnt know what probationary period firing is: Victor_c3 Feb 2018 #1

Victor_c3

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1. For anyone who doesnt know what probationary period firing is:
Thu Feb 1, 2018, 09:24 AM
Feb 2018

When you are first hired to work for the federal government, you are in “probationary status” for the first year. Meaning, during that time if things don’t really work out, you can be fired very easily. After that first year is up, it becomes very difficult to fire an employee as HR becomes very involved in the process.

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