Federal worker layoffs have targeted probationary employees, who have less than a year employed at their agency, per USAjobs.gov.

Former federal employees said these layoffs will have lasting effects on the community. “We are going to see detrimental impacts on our public lands and other federal agencies,

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a statement Tuesday, saying all USDA probationary employees that were terminated will be temporarily reinstated with b

The Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that hears appeals from federal employees when they are fired or disciplined, on March 5 told the USDA that it must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary workers who were fired as part of President Donald Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.