US consumer watchdog CFPB broadens layoffs beyond probationary staff

A new category of employees at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received termination notices on Thursday, according to five sources and termination letters, in a sign that the Trump administration was going beyond probationary employees as it looks to fire federal staff.

Notices to dozens of so-called “term employees,” full-time workers on contracts with end dates, began arriving Thursday evening, letting them know they were being terminated the same day, according to the sources and copies of two termination notices sent to employees that were reviewed by Reuters.