Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration signed Memorandum 2025-01907 requiring federal employees to return to in-person work at their offices. The memorandum eliminates remote work arrangements previously authorized for federal workers. The confirmed direct impact includes federal employees nationwide losing remote work eligibility and being required to report to physical office locations.
Executive Order 14171 was signed on January 20, 2025. The order modifies the civil service protections and classification of certain federal positions designated as policy-influencing roles. The confirmed direct impact includes changes to job protections and removal procedures for affected federal employees in positions designated under the order's criteria.
President Trump signed Executive Order 14151 on January 20, 2025, directing federal agencies to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives. The order eliminates DEI offices, halts DEI-related hiring and contracting preferences, and requires agencies to cease DEI training and related expenditures. Federal employees in DEI roles face potential reassignment or termination, and federal contractors lose access to DEI-related federal funding and contracting preferences.
On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration signed Memorandum 2025-02042 directing the Office of Personnel Management to restore Schedule F classification, which removes civil service protections from certain senior career federal employees. The memorandum eliminates job protections and due process requirements for affected employees, allowing them to be removed more easily. This directly impacts thousands of career federal workers in senior positions who lose employment protections previously guaranteed under civil service law.
On January 29, 2020, President Trump signed a memorandum delegating certain authority under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute to agency heads. The memorandum transferred specific powers related to labor-management relations from the Federal Labor Relations Authority to individual federal agencies. This action altered the process by which federal employees could pursue labor disputes and grievances, shifting authority away from the independent FLRA to agency leadership.
Executive Order 13901 was signed on December 26, 2019, adjusting federal employee pay rates effective January 1, 2020. The order modified the annual pay adjustment for certain federal employees and modified locality pay adjustments for federal employees in different geographic areas. Federal employees received pay adjustments based on the formula established in the order rather than the adjustment that would have otherwise been implemented.
On October 11, 2019, the Trump administration signed three memoranda (13836, 13837, and 13839) directing changes to paid leave policies for federal employees and federal contractors. These memoranda modified accrual and use of paid leave benefits within federal agencies and for contractors. The confirmed direct impact included alterations to leave policies that affected federal workforce compensation and benefits administration.
Executive Order 13866 was signed on March 28, 2019, adjusting pay rates for certain federal employees and senior executive service positions. The order modified compensation schedules for federal workers in specific pay grades and executive classifications. The direct impact was changes to base salary and locality pay for affected federal employees beginning in the specified pay period following the order.
On December 28, 2018, President Trump signed Executive Order 13856, which adjusted rates of pay for federal employees and members of the uniformed services effective January 2019. The order implemented a 1.9 percent pay raise for most federal civilian employees and a 2.6 percent raise for military personnel. The order directly affected approximately 2.1 million federal employees and 1.3 million active-duty service members through adjusted salary schedules.
On December 18, 2018, President Trump signed Executive Order 13854, directing the closure of executive departments and agencies of the federal government on December 24, 2018. The order closed federal offices on that date, affecting federal employees and operations. Federal employees were either furloughed or required to work without pay during the closure period.