More than 1,100 staff members at the Epa got notice today that they were deemed to be on probationary status and alerting they might be fired immediately, according to an e-mail gotten by CNN.

Probationary staff members receiving the email have been working at the firm for employment less than a year. The emails started to head out late on Wednesday afternoon, according to an EPA union authorities.

The exact same message will be sent to other firm labor forces, a White House official said. Across the US federal government, the latest data programs there are more than 220,000 workers on probation.

"As a probationary/trial period staff member, the firm can right away terminate you pursuant to 5 CFR § 315.804," the EPA e-mail to probationary staff members checks out. "The process for probationary removal is that you get a notice of termination, and your employment is ended instantly."

"Each employee's status will be determined individually," the e-mail adds.

The e-mail likewise define an appeals procedure staff members can take to see if they are qualified for additional defense.

The method resembles how Elon Musk, now a crucial Trump consultant, dealt with layoffs when he bought Twitter - make a brand-new e-mail alias (in this case, notice@epa.gov) and then send out mass termination letters to everybody on it.

The US Office of Personnel Management declined to comment, and the White House and EPA did not react to ask for extra comment.

The EPA union official said these probationary employees aren't the like at-will workers