HHS to lay off 10,000 employees and cut overall workforce by 20,000
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Source: GovExec.com
The Health and Human Services Department will slash its workforce by 20,000 employees, Secretary Robert Kennedy announced on Thursday, leading the agency to shrink by nearly 25%.
The department has leaned on incentives such as early retirements and deferred resignations to reach half of that total. It will now force cuts of another 10,000 workers, which a spokesman confirmed would take place through reductions in force, or layoffs.
Employees at HHS received no warning prior to the department’s announcement, according to several who spoke to Government Executive, and largely did not receive any follow up information after it went out. At least one NIH component, the Office of Extramural Research, scheduled meetings for Thursday afternoon to go over RIF plans and inform employees who would be let go.
The department did not appear to consult human resources leadership at the component level before making the announcement. One such official said there was “no involvement and no verification of the areas and impact.” A front-line employee said there was “zero communication about anything.”
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Devastating cuts and layoffs
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