The Defense Department is putting probationary employees on administrative leave as they are waiting for more guidance or before they are terminated.

There are 55,000 total probationary employees at DOD, according to Pentagon data shared with lawmakers this week and provided ...

Elon Musk, chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, warned federal workers that those who fail to return to the office will be placed on administrative leave.

They are just indiscriminately firing people. There are no rules to the game,” a civilian employee who was laid off last week told Federal News Network.

Some Republicans push bills to protect workers as thousands of fired feds will rejoin the payroll this week, albeit on ...