Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.

Roughly 8,000 career federal employees were stripped of their civil service protections Wednesday, making them effectively at-will employees.

Defense, State, DHS positions among those converted to at-will jobs.

President Trump signed an executive order that puts some 8,000 high-ranking civil servants into a new category of employees who can be fired for any reason.

Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policy

President Trump has stripped job protections from thousands of federal workers.

A federal employee union condemned the move, arguing it strips career workers of longstanding protections against political retaliation.

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that wipes away civil service protections from roughly 8,000 high-level federal workers by making them at-will…

President Trump signed an executive order simplifying the dismissal process for 8,000 senior federal employees earning up to $200,000 annually and influencing government policy.

Trump signs order expanding authority to remove senior policy-influencing federal employees as workforce reforms continue.

About 97% of reclassified positions are among the highest-ranking career positions such as directors, chiefs of staff and senior advisers.

...the policy remains the subject of multiple lawsuits filed by federal employee unions.

The Trump administration has proposed new rules to remove due process protections for thousands of federal employees.

President Trump signed an executive order making over 8,000 federal employees removable at will.