President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in ceremony of Mehmet Oz as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, April 18, 2025.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration took a step toward making thousands of federal workers easier to fire by stripping them of civil service protections and reclassifying them as "at-will" employees.
"Moving forward, career government employees, working on policy matters, will be classified as 'Schedule Policy/Career,' and will be held to the highest standards of conduct and performance," Trump posted on social media.
"If these government workers refuse to advance the policy interests of the President, or are engaging in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job," he added. "This is common sense, and will allow the federal government to finally be 'run like a business.' We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!"
The new proposed "Schedule Policy/Career" classification will affect about 50,000 federal workers, or about 2% of the workforce, according to the White House. The workers "are not required to personally or politically support the President, but must faithfully implement the law and the administration's policies," the White House added.
The new rule proposed by OPM is not immediately reclassifying these workers. For the change to happen, Trump will need to sign an executive order after OPM issues a final rule.
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