New Defense Employees Will Be on Probation Longer

Government Executive: New hires at the Defense Department would have a longer probationary period under a bill President Obama is expected to sign into law soon.

A provision in the fiscal 2016 Defense authorization bill extends to two years the time newly-hired employees at Defense are on probation; currently, most new federal workers and new supervisors are on probation for one year, some a bit longer. During that time, they can be fired with no advance notice and very limited or no right of appeal, depending on the position.

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