Obama did this in the last shut down to government employees that had not already work for the government for more then a year. My roommate had Quite his job as a loan officer at a bank to become a Federal employee with the interior working with in the fedral wild life Park system. he had worked less then a year when the shut down happened . After the budget was passed all new hires that had not worked more then one year were laid off permanently because there hiring was not covered by the budget. so this is not new just not done with employees that had worked for years in government
Interesting. However this, if it happens, goes beyond just firing people employed for less than a year. If the article is correct, it could be applied to anyone who has been furloughed, even those who have held their positions for more than a year.