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OPM ends seniority protection in federal layoffs, prioritizes performance

New Office of Personnel Management rules allow agencies to lay off lower-performing workers regardless of tenure.

newest coverage 3d agosummary written 1h ago6 pieces Newswires

What to know

  • OPM eliminated seniority as automatic protection against federal layoffs, shifting to performance-based criteria.
  • Agencies can now remove lower-performing workers regardless of tenure, departing from decades of federal employment practice.
  • The policy rationale centers on mission effectiveness over service length.

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal personnel agency

How it unfolded 1 development · click the chart to see its coverage articles

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Sep 25yesterdaytodaynow · 9:17 PM ET
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    OPM adopts performance-based layoff rules ending seniority protections

    The Office of Personnel Management implemented new policy allowing federal agencies to conduct workforce reductions based on worker performance rather than tenure, eliminating longstanding seniority protections in federal employment.

    “If an agency needs to reduce its workforce, the goal should be to retain the people who are best at the mission, not simply the people who have been around the longest.”
    — Office of Personnel Management
    1. 3 outlets Federal layoffs could hit lower-performing workers first under new OPM rules

      first by PennLive, 3d ago · also MassLive, The Oregonian