The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the ⁠federal government’s human resources office, proposed ending the right of fired federal employees to dispute dismissals before the independent Merit Systems Protection Board, according to the plan.

Trump has made mass sackings ‍of government employees a centrepiece of his second term. At the same time, he has undermined avenues for those same workers to dispute their dismissals, including by ‌firing members of government offices that enforce job protections for federal employees.

The Merit Systems Protection Board, the organisation ‍listed in Monday’s proposal, mediates disputes between federal workers and their employers. The board saw a spike in new cases after Trump took office for the second time.

The board’s caseload jumped 266 per cent from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, according to government ‌records, compared ⁠with the same period the year before.