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Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct

Trump makes it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct | iNFOnews.ca
President Donald Trump give a thumbs up to members of the media as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 25, 2018, after attending a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is taking steps to make it easier to fire federal workers for misconduct.

Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday directing agencies to make changes his staff says Congress has ignored.

The executive orders to overhaul the civil service call for:

—Negotiating smarter contracts with federal employee unions.

—Renegotiating contracts to limit to 25 per cent the amount of time federal employees who are authorized to work on behalf of a labour union can spend on union business during work hours. The administration says this and other changes could save taxpayers $100 million annually.

—And streamlining the length of time needed to fire a federal worker for poor performance. The process currently takes between six months and a year, longer if the dismissal is appealed.

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