The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) told fired probationary employees it would no longer pursue complaints they were wrongfully terminated, a reversal that comes after the Trump administration fired the head of the agency.

In an email to those who had filed claims with the agency, the OSC said it “plans to take no further action” on some 2,000 complaints.

The Trump administration in February ordered the firing of probationary workers, or those hired in the past year or two years, depending on their agency.

While probationary workers are easier to fire than other civil servants, they still have workplace protections and must be fired for cause.

The Trump administration told workers they were being fired for performance reasons, even as it embarked on sweeping firings impacting more than 20,000 workers.

“Even if OSC could prove that the decision to terminate your probationary employment was not based on an individualized assessment of your performance, OSC is unable to pursue a claim that it was unlawful,” the agency wrote in an email reviewed by The Hill.

“This is because your termination, in the context of the government-wide effort to........

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