Forbes Business: Breaking: According to a report, the Trump Administration unintentionally fired bird flu response workers, and layoffs are being reversed.As the Trump administration's massive cost-cutting measures ripple throughout the government, thousands of federal employees are receiving notices of layoffs. According to multiple outlets, some federal agencies are telling employees that they will either keep their jobs or have their termination letters revoked shortly. Conservatives Convene in Phoenix for Annual AmericaFest On December 22, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump observes
- Turning Point USA's AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Centre. Getty Pictures Important Information In a statement obtained by NBC News, the U.S. Department of Agriculture admitted that it had inadvertently dismissed "several" workers involved in the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu virus, stating that it will undertake "working to swiftly rectify" the firings of the frontline public safety positions monitoring the spreading illness.
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- An employee at the National Nuclear Security Administration told NPR on Thursday about 300 members of the 1,800-person staff at the agency, charged with overseeing nuclear weapons in the U.S., were being laid off (though a spokesperson for the Energy Department told The New York Times fewer than 50 people had been fired). On Friday, NBC News reported officials were trying to notify some fired employees they were being reinstated but had no good way to contact and inform them of their rehiring. About 950 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service were told on a phone call Friday afternoon they were being laid off, but hours later they were told the layoffs were rescinded, Indian Country Today reported. Newly confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly verbally rescinded the layoffs after lawmakers and nonprofit groups expressed concern about the abrupt layoffs of so many workers at the service, tasked with providing health care for American Indians, Alaskan natives, and native Hawaiians. Forbes has reached out to the USDA, the Department of Energy (which has purview over NNSA), and the Indian Health Service for comment off, however Indian Country Today stated that they were informed that the layoffs had been cancelled a few hours later. After lawmakers and nonprofit organizations voiced their concerns about the sudden layoffs of so many employees at the service, which is responsible for providing healthcare for American Indians, Alaskan natives, and native Hawaiians, recently confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly verbally rescinded the layoffs. Forbes has requested comments from the Indian Health Service, the USDA, and the Department of Energy, which oversees NNSA.
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