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Executive Order #14284

Stricter Rules for New Federal Employee Probation Periods

This is a summary of the contents of the executive order and is generated by Anthropic's API.
[Official Document] #14284 — Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service
signed on 4/24/2025
  • The order changes how new federal employees are evaluated during their probation period (usually their first year of work). Instead of automatically becoming permanent employees after probation, agencies must now actively approve them.

  • Agencies must now specifically certify in writing that keeping a new employee after their probation period will benefit the public interest. If they don't do this, the employee will be automatically terminated.

  • Agency managers must meet with probationary employees at least 60 days before their probation ends to discuss their performance, conduct, and whether keeping them serves the agency's needs.

  • The order gives agencies more power to dismiss underperforming employees during their probation period by removing some of the previous restrictions and requirements for termination.