A federal appeals court has halted a lower court’s ruling ordering the government to rehire around 24,000 probationary workers. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the government is likely to succeed in proving that the lower court did not have jurisdiction over the workers’ claims. The decision was paused until the full appeal is decided, effectively ending the injunction for the workers to be rehired. This ruling follows a similar decision by the Supreme Court to stop a California judge’s order to reinstate around 16,000 fired federal workers. The 4th Circuit decision was based on a federal judge in Maryland who sided with a coalition of states, arguing that the government did not follow proper procedures when firing the employees without notice. The judge stated that the government claimed the workers were dismissed for individual reasons, but on record, they were all collectively fired without proper procedure. The decision to halt the rehiring of probationary workers is pending until the government’s full appeal is heard, putting an end to the injunction for now.
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