The federal government began sending layoff notices Friday to about 4,200 employees across multiple agencies.
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Layoff notices were sent to about 4,200 employees across eight government agencies, the Office of Management and Budget said in court documents in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, which represents 800,000 workers.
Nearly 1,500 Treasury Department employees were laid off, according to OMB, including about 1,300 workers at the IRS, Bloomberg reported.
The Health and Human Services Department was also among the agencies hit hardest, with OMB reporting layoffs of up to 1,200 employees.
Dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received termination notices Friday, including about 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as “disease detectives,” and staff at the Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report publication, The New York Times reported.
