"Biden's Proposal to Safeguard Federal Workforce from GOP's Workforce Reduction Plans"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CNN
The Biden administration has proposed a new rule to strengthen protections for federal workers, aiming to preempt Republican attempts to reduce and alter the federal workforce. The proposed rule clarifies civil service protections and makes it more difficult to reclassify employees into categories where certain protections can be stripped away. This move comes in response to former President Trump's executive order that allowed for the hiring and firing of federal employees deemed disloyal. The proposed rule ensures that civil service protections cannot be taken away unless employees voluntarily give them up and makes it harder to shift jobs into positions where protections can be removed. Several Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, have made reducing the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns.