This year’s worker quota for the government’s Employment Permit System, established in 2004, is 165,000. This is almost on par with the number of technical trainees in Japan. South Korea’s ...

Mine safety has been Mark's life's work. In his 20s, he left the coalfields to earn a Ph.D., then returned as an engineer for the federal government. His efforts have helped save countless lives ...

President Trump has ordered government agencies to start firing probationary employees, leading to the dismissal of thousands of federal workers, including from the Interior Department ...

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She’d been “happily employed” in the private sector for a consulting firm but thought a government job seemed more stable. Related:'It's a lie': Federal workers incensed by performance ...

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The Trump administration’s controversial buyout program, aimed at reducing the number of US government employees, officially closed to new resignations on Wednesday evening. This decision came after a ...

People arrive to a "Save the Civil Service" rally hosted by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) outside the US Capitol on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Picture ...

Thousands of recently hired government workers lost their jobs Thursday after Elon Musk and Donald Trump cut the federal workforce. The positions cut were probationary, meaning people in their ...