 Good evening,
Today the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued a memorandum titled, "Guidance on Probationary Periods, Administrative Leave and Details." The memorandum includes a Friday, January 24, 2025 report suspense for a listing of all employees on probationary periods, who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment, or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment. In addition, agencies should promptly determine whether those employees should be retained at the agency.
Furthermore, agencies have the discretion to grant paid administrative leave to help manage their workforces as they implement agency restructuring initiatives or determine the best ways to manage agency components going forward. Moreover, agency heads have broad discretion to detail employees “among the bureaus and offices of [their] department[s]” for up to 120 days by written order. An agency may temporarily detail an employee to “unclassified duties.” Such details may provide additional flexibilities to agencies during the transition period and as agencies undertake reorganization efforts and close offices.
If you have any questions about probationary periods, please email employeeaccountability@opm.gov, with a copy to Amanda Scales at amanda.scales@opm.gov.
If you have any questions about administrative leave and details, please email leavepolicy@opm.gov, with a copy to Amanda Scales at amanda.scales@opm.gov.
All the best!
Veronica E. Hinton
Associate Director
Workforce Policy and Innovation
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