Management
Judge says she is inclined to further pause layoffs at most major agencies
RIF plans have been frozen for two weeks, but federal court suggests they are unconstitutional and implementation will remain prohibited indefinitely.
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Judge bars Education Department from carrying out mass layoffs
Education is unable to carry out its statutory responsibilities and the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before dismantling the department, judge rules.
Management
Staffing cuts will improve government services, agency leaders say
Trump administration officials defend their ongoing workforce reductions to lawmakers amid some bipartisan concerns.
Management
NIH director bemoans RIFs, mocks ‘5 things’ email and says agency shoulders blame for COVID outbreak in first address
New agency head also says some laid off employees may be recalled, including to help address supply shortages at labs and medical centers.
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The Trump administration is pausing RIFs but probationary firings are resuming
Some agencies have walked back their layoffs, but the court order spurring that action is not preventing re-firings.
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Federal contract employees who alleged discrimination forced to wait as enforcement agency is dismantled
Layoffs are scheduled to take effect at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs on June 6. Between the reduction in force and separation incentives, the agency’s workforce is expected to shrink by about 90%.
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The Trump administration is staffing up parts of FAA, it’s also incentivizing thousands of departures and threatening layoffs
More than 2,700 employees have indicated they want to take an incentive offer to leave the agency, though the final number is subject to change.
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CDC to cut one employee for each it is recalling from layoffs
The agency returned around 300 staff and plans to soon cut an additional 300 in response.
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HHS recalls some previously laid off worker safety employees
Elsewhere, the department is issuing new RIFs for each employee it brings back.
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NDAs for VA employees working on staff reduction plans prompts House Dems probe
The use of non-disclosure agreements could "chill employees from disclosing violations of waste, fraud and abuse," top oversight Democrat says.
Management
Trump administration tells court publicly releasing its mass layoff plans would hurt recruiting and retention
A judge's order pausing those layoffs is having varying effects at agencies, with at least one temporarily undoing RIF actions.
Workforce
Most major agencies must pause RIFs for at least two weeks, judge orders
Court finds the Trump administration has likely acted unlawfully in instituting widespread layoffs.
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State Dept. cuts poised to be more severe than previously outlined with 3,400 employees on the chopping block
There were bipartisan concerns from lawmakers about a planned break-up of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, according to meeting notes. Office eliminations are expected by June 2.
Workforce
Agencies with majority women and minority workforces are some of the hardest hit in Trump staff cuts, new report finds
The National Women’s Law Center argued that the administration’s widespread layoffs are weakening a pathway for women and people of color to achieve greater financial security.
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Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently
Employees fear diminished capacity after RIFs are tacked on to existing mass exodus.
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Axed federal employees sit on Capitol steps urging lawmakers to protect public services they used to provide
A group of former government workers goes to Capitol Hill weekly to lobby members of Congress to fight Trump’s federal workforce and program cuts.
Workforce
Lawmakers raise bipartisan concerns over VA RIFs as secretary says he may alter plans
VA secretary says he could end up cutting fewer than the proposed 80,000 employees, but the final tally could be greater as well.
Workforce
19 states sue Trump administration over mass layoffs at HHS
States argue key programs on which they have relied are no longer operating and ask the court to reinstate workers.
Workforce
Initial layoffs at Transportation Department expected in late May
Secretary Sean Duffy said at a department town hall that the number of employees subject to reductions in force would depend on how many leave government service under the deferred resignation program.
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