HHS officially rescinds shutdown layoffs [View all]
Source: The Hill
11/24/25 12:38 PM ET
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has brought back everyone it laid off during the government shutdown, a top official told a California federal court Friday.
The agency’s Office of Human Resources on Nov. 17 emailed the 954 employees who received reduction in force (RIF) notices during the shutdown informing them that those notices had been rescinded and that they “should return to work on their next regularly scheduled workday,” wrote Thomas Nagy Jr., HHS deputy assistant secretary for human resources, in a court filing. Those 954 employees were set to receive their retroactive pay for the entire shutdown period, from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, Nagy wrote.
The initial firings happened in the second week of the shutdown, and were part of President Trump’s efforts to slash the government workforce. Top administration officials indicated the firings were meant to punish and pressure Democrats; more than 4,000 total government employees were dismissed.
The layoffs were concentrated in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though they hit all areas of HHS. The lawsuit was brought by more than a half dozen unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Late last month, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s layoff efforts.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5620380-hhs-restores-laid-off-employees/
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