H.R. 1835, also known as the "Model Employee Reinstatement for Ill-advised Termination Act" or the "MERIT Act," aims to reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees. The bill mandates that affected employees be rehired in the same or a similar position within their previous...
Simple Explanation
The MERIT Act wants the government to give jobs back to workers they recently fired and pay them for the time they've been away. It also tells government offices what to do to make sure this happens fairly.