The Russell Vought, who is the management director and budget, talks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on March 11, 2019.
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. Consumer Fundamental Protection Office According to people with knowledge about the situation, notifications of termination to several dozen employees were sent.
Employees affected by the affected sample were mainly trial status, said that people who asked for anonymity about sincere speaking after the orders to stop the entire work of the agency, including talking to reporters.
Being on a trial period means that the employee is in trial periodOften lasting a year or two, after establishing a new government position and does not reflect the results, people said.
This movement will take place among the wider effort under the leadership of the president Donald Trump To cut federal staff. The Personnel Management Office asked Federal Agencies for lists of all recently employed employees, because they are the easiest to solve, NBC News said. This delighted the fears of dismissals in places as different as Federal Bureau of Investigation and Environmental Protection Agency.
CFPB staff was on the edge From the end of last week, when government agents Elon Musk gained access to the agency. The headquarters of CFPB has been closed since then while the employees were he said While acting as the director of CFPB, Russell, he did not perform any work office. Both Musk and Vought called for eliminating CFPB.
“First Salva”
“It's illegally caused mass shooting,” he said Johanna HickmanSenior CFPB dispute advisor, who stated that she had received an agency notification of release. “This is almost certainly the first salvo in the dismantling of this agency and a significant percentage of federal workforce.”
Hickman, who said that she began its role in CFPB in June 2023, said that the new management of the agency did not follow the established federal protocol to dismiss trial workers. “Many of us are prepared for a fight, and we examine all our legal possibilities,” she said.
The endings endured more confusion in the office, because several released released accepted the federal redemption offers, said one of the people.
Some released letters received from forms that did not contain their specific names and titles, but left some fields filled with general substitute symbols, said that person.
“Unfortunately, the agency states that you are unable to constantly employ, because your skills, knowledge and skills do not meet the current needs of the agency,” CFPB told some of them who were released, according to the people who received notifications.
In particular, these termination hit the CFPB enforcement department due to emphasis on former director of Rohit Chopra in order to increase employment of enforcement lawyers, another person said. The agency had about 1,700 employees before the reduction of jobs.
CFPB refused to comment.