US EditionUS HHS Reverses Job Cuts at Safety Research Agency
HHS reversed cuts at NIOSH, restoring nearly 900 jobs after legal and political pressure highlighted the agency’s essential worker safety mission.
- HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon confirmed on Wednesday that hundreds of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health workers laid off last year are being reinstated.
- In April, the administration laid off around 875 of NIOSH's roughly 1,000 staff amid a workforce remaking led by then-adviser Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
- Some employees were brought back last year amid legal challenges and political pressure, including those who staffed a health monitoring program for miners in West Virginia, while the CDC had about 10,800 full-time workers, about 20% fewer than before the April layoffs.
- Andrew Nixon, Department of Health and Human Services spokesman, said the administration is committed to protecting essential services such as supporting coal miners and firefighters through NIOSH.
- Bloomberg first reported the reversal, and Reuters later confirmed it, but Andrew Nixon, Department of Health and Human Services spokesman, did not answer questions about how many workers will return.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star
After a year of uncertainty, federal mine safety research employees in Pa. get good news
Aerial shot of the NIOSH campus in Bruceton, Allegheny County. (Photo from the CDC)Hundreds of federal employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received an email Tuesday notifying them they’re no longer subject to layoffs announced last spring. That includes roughly 100 employees at the Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD) in Allegheny County, who are focused on advancements in mine safety. Their work …
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Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated
Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.
Health Department Reverses Terminations at Safety Research Agency
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is bringing back employees to a division that researches workplace safety. A spokesperson for HHS confirmed the reversals on Jan. 14. “The Trump administration is committed to protecting essential services—whether it’s supporting coal miners and firefighters through NIOSH, safeguarding public health through lead prevention, or researching and tracking the most prevalent communicable diseases,” th…
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