More than a dozen federal agencies have reinstated employees and immediately placed them on administrative leave ... federal agencies contend with two court orders requiring workers to be rehired.

The order affects workers at six federal agencies, plus workers who had already been granted relief through an earlier ruling ...

Roberts Jr. issued an “administrative stay” on Ali’s order, allowing both the government and contractors to weigh in. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., in a dissent joined by three of the court ...