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Several dozen employees have drawn from the National Science Foundation in the middle Cup department for the federal government will be restored to their employment following a court decision and advice of the American office of personnel managementsaid the agency on Monday.
NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan told employees in a memo that the agency was rehabilitating certain dismissed probation employees. This includes three specific groups: people with disabilities, veterans and military spouses.
“Last week, we received advice from the Staff Management Office (OPM), which allows agencies to preserve probationary employees who have an identified handicap, are veterans or military spouses,” wrote Panchanathan. “We started the process to immediately restore affected probation employees.”
OPM is the main human resources agency of the federal government. The NSF confirmed the reintegration on Monday and declared that “each employee of the NSF makes important contributions to the NSF mission and to national science, engineering and technological enterprise every day”.
Jesus SorianoThe president of the American Federation of Government employees Local section 3403, the union representing more than 1,000 workers at the National Science Foundation, said on Monday that around 84 to 86 probation employees could be rehired.
About 10% of NSF staff were dismissed last month, said Soriano.
The announcement comes after a federal judge temporarily blocked The Trump Administration of Son Mass shooting of probationary federal employeesA group that also represents some of the most recent hires and those that put probation status after being promoted in new positions.
Judge William Alsup, from the American district court of the Northern California district, said on Thursday that mass layoffs were probably illegal and ordered the OPM to end the action. Similar to other federal government agencies, the NSF licensed probation employees Within the framework of the strategy of the Ministry of Efficiency of the Government of the Trump Administration (DOGE) to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
Panchanathan added in the note on Monday that NSF licensed employees will also meet and without interruption of service. Before layoffs, the NSF had approximately 2,100 workers in permanent, temporary and contractual posts. The majority of them work at the NSF headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
“This is good news for all of us,” wrote Panchanathan. “We recognize that these actions have had a significant impact on staff and all of you.”
Soriano, the representative of the NSF union, said that Monday’s announcement had been well received.
“Local AFGE 3403 is impatiently awaiting the rapid reinstatement of scientists and administrators who work hard who have been illegally terminated,” said Soriano, program director for the NSF partnerships for innovation Initiative, which contributes to funding university and non -profit research. “America can only remain a world leader if we invest in science, technology and innovation.”