CFPB workers are reinstated after a court order, but many still can’t work
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Summary
Terminated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees have been reinstated following a court order made in response to a lawsuit filed by the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU).
The workers were fired as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the CFPB.
Although the employees have been offered their jobs back, the agency’s headquarters remain closed.
Those that have been reinstated have been placed on paid administrative leave, although they are still awaiting equipment and system access to allow them to resume their work.
The reinstatements could complicate the NTEU’s separate court case, in which it is arguing that the Trump administration is trying to illegally shut down the agency.