On February 14, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the CFPB to pause any layoffs. As previously covered by InfoBytes, and following a February 14 hearing, the CFPB agreed to halt any CFPB employee terminations (except for those related to performance or conduct) and not issue any notice of reduction-in-force to any CFPB employee, among other items. The union representing CFPB employees, the plaintiffs, alleged the CFPB’s Acting Director, Russell Vought, plans to terminate up to 95 percent of the workforce. The court scheduled the next hearing for this case on March 3.
