CFPB workers are reinstated after a court order, but many still can’t work

Terminated employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have been brought back to work in response to a judge’s order — sort of. Probationary employees (a class of government workers who are newer to an agency or role) received letters over the weekend notifying them that they were reinstated into their positions, following a court order requiring the CFPB and 17 other agencies to restore such employees. According to court filings, the agency had allegedly terminated about 70 probationary employees in early February after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency showed up. Another 70 to 100 term employees — these are employees contracted to work at an agency for a set period of time — were later fired, NPR reported. The government is expected to file a breakdown of the number of reinstated probationary workers broken down by agency by 7 PM Eastern Time Monday. However, at least some CFPB employees who have been reinstated nevertheless aren’t really back to work ... Read full article.