State Department, layoff notifications
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The White House is scrutinizing layoff plans by federal agencies in an effort to limit further court challenges after the Supreme Court cleared the way for a sweeping downsizing of the government workforce,
Previously, 215 employees at local offices were going to be cut. Now, the tech giant has upped its layoff notices.
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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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.
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.
After Supreme Court Justice Jackson issued a solo dissent against President Trump’s federal layoff plan, Jonathan Turley criticized her decision as 'judicial abandon.'
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.
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Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.
Western Forest Products laid off Vancouver employees this week after the company’s Columbia Vista sawmill was left inoperable by a devastating fire June 29.
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Lansing State Journal on MSNLEPFA issues layoff warning for nearly 200. Here's what it really meansLayoff notices affecting 181 people are expected to be a paperwork blip. Officials say almost everyone who wants to keep their job will be rehired.