The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is laying off certain employees who were notified months ago of the reduction in force (RIF) after the Supreme Court lifted a district court order ...

The Supreme Court, in a July 8 ruling, allowed the job cuts to proceed. An HHS spokesperson said July 15 that employees originally targeted for layoffs have now been terminated, with some exceptions.

HHS resumed workforce reductions on July 14 after the U.S. Supreme Court greenlit President Donald Trump’s executive order to reorganize and reduce staff across the federal government, Bloomberg ...

The ruling applies to terminated employees in four divisions of HHS, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

"Given the Supreme Court's ruling, HHS is now permitted to move forward with a portion of its RIF," read part of the July 14 email, reviewed by The News & Observer, which employees at the National ...

Billions of dollars of National Institutes of Health research were stuck in limbo for hours, causing confusion after a memo ...

The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans ...

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