The IRS is reinstating thousands of recently fired probationary employees and placing them on administrative leave, according to an IRS email sent to these workers Monday.
The move comes after the US District Court for the District of Maryland last week ordered 18 federal agencies, including the Treasury Department, to reinstate by March 17 new hires who had been fired.
The reinstatement counteracts the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government. Officials at the Elon Musk-led group advising the administration want to cut the IRS by 20% by May 15. This includes those probationary employees who were ...