Trump Agencies’ Plan for Fired Workers Faces Judicial Pushback

The Trump administration’s placement of thousands of federal workers on leave drew mixed reactions this week from judges who had ordered those employees back in their jobs after they were initially fired.

A San Francisco judge expressed concern that agencies may be failing to comply with his order to rehire probationary workers at six agencies while a legal fight is pending. A Baltimore judge, meanwhile, indicated he was satisfied with the government’s efforts to meet a 14-day deadline to reinstate employees across more than 20 agencies, even as most of those workers have been put on paid leave.

The varying ...