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Investing.com -- The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is set to lay off thousands of employees next week, according to a late Friday report by Bloomberg. This decision could strain the tax agency's resources during the crucial tax-filing period. The command to dismiss probationary employees, who are relatively new to their roles and lack full civil service job protections, came from the Office of Personnel Management. This office is responsible for overseeing federal hiring. The directive was issued last Thursday. The exact number of IRS employees who will be dismissed remains uncertain. The IRS currently employs approximately 100,000 people. The...

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the latest federal agency likely to face major job cuts.According to a report from The Washington Post, the Trump administration is planning around 9,000 job cuts at the agency specifically targeting employees who are still on their probation period.The report states:The Trump administration is expected to begin laying off thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service, six people briefed on the matter said, as billionaire Elon Musk’s team begins to target tax collections.Treasury officials have discussed laying off roughly 9,000 employees still in their probationary period as part of broader dismissals across the...

The Trump administration plans to cut approximately 5,200 probationary federal employees across agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) starting on Friday. The agencies impacted include the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Notably, the Atlanta-based CDC will see around 1,300 workers dismissed.Friday morning, senior officials at HHS were informed that the layoffs will primarily affect probationary employees—hired within the last two years. Under federal labor agreements, workers still on probation are easier to dismiss than those who have worked for the government for several years or more. Concurrently,...