State Department, layoffs
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The White House Counsel's Office and the Office of Personnel Management are coordinating with federal agencies to ensure their plans comply with the law, one of the officials said. That includes meeting requirements set by Congress, such as rules for how layoffs must occur and the minimum number of staff an agency must retain.
The State Department will lay off more than 1,300 people as part of a broad restructuring plan, Reuters is reporting. The layoffs will affect 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers, according to Reuters, which said it has seen an internal notice. The Associated Press is reporting the same number.
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Straight Arrow News on MSNState Dept set to layoff hundreds of employees as restructuring begins"Soon, the Department will be communicating to individuals affected by the reduction in force," Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Michael Rigas told staff in an email obtained by Reuters.
Previously, 215 employees at local offices were going to be cut. Now, the tech giant has upped its layoff notices.
After Supreme Court Justice Jackson issued a solo dissent against President Trump’s federal layoff plan, Jonathan Turley criticized her decision as 'judicial abandon.'
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The justices said they were not ruling on the legality of specific firing plans but simply allowing the administration to launch such efforts while litigation continues.
The Supreme Court gave President Trump the green light to move forward with plans to lay off thousands of federal workers. We discuss the potential impacts of the ruling, plus new tariffs Trump announced this week.
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Then, in 2012, Alloy announced that it would lay off up to 145 employees as demand declined for its decoys to protect aircrafts, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported at the time. More recently, in 2021, Alloy announced that it would lay off 63 workers in Aston.
Reportedly, a dozen Mayo Clinic nurses in Austin have received notice that they will be laid off on October 8 unless they find a new job within the healthcare company.