Senators Demand OPM End Agencies' Circumvention of Workforce Court Order

A group of 16 Democratic senators on Thursday expressed “serious concerns” with how some federal agencies have appeared to move forward with implementation of provisions of a series of controversial workforce executive orders, despite a court order barring them from doing so. In August, U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled that the key provisions of three executive orders signed by President Trump in May that sought to make it easier to fire federal employees, set time limits on collective bargaining negotiations and set strict limits on how union officials can operate at agencies violated the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. The Office of Personnel Management then issued guidance ordering agencies to comply with the court order and roll back efforts to implement policies prescribed in the executive orders.