After court order, Trump government reintegrates 25,000 public officials dismissed

Most agencies said they fired a few hundred workers. The Treasury Department fired about 7,600 people, the Department of Agriculture about 5,700 and the Department of Health and Human Services over 3,200, according to the records.

On March 13, US district judge James Bredar said the mass layoffs of probationary workers, who began last month, were illegal and ordered workers to be reinstated while waiting for new disputes.

The decision did not prevent agencies from dismissing workers, but questioned the way mass layoffs were conducted. The court said the agencies should have followed the rules for conducting mass layoffs.

Probationary workers usually have less than one year of service in their current functions, although some are long -standing federal employees.

Bredar, in a brief order on Tuesday, said it seemed that agencies “made significant progress toward compliance” with their decision. He ordered agencies to update him about progress in the reintegration of workers until Monday afternoon, stating that he expected “substantial compliance.”

Bredar’s decision came in a lawsuit filed by 19 states led by Democrats and Washington, DC, who said mass layoffs would trigger an increase in unemployment insurance and greater demand for state social services.