A US judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers fired as part of Donald Trump’s plan to slash the size of the government.

Judge William Alsup said the justification of “poor performance” for mass lay-offs was “a sham in order to try to avoid statutory requirements,” the New York Times reported.
 

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