US EditionVeterans Affairs reverses course on large-scale layoffs
- On Monday, the Veterans Affairs Department revealed it is abandoning earlier plans for large-scale layoffs and plans to reduce its workforce by approximately 30,000 employees in fiscal year 2025.
- This change follows an initial plan announced in spring to cut roughly 80,000 employees, or about 15% of the VA workforce of approximately 470,000 as of this summer.
- The VA achieved a reduction of nearly 17,000 employees between January and June through attrition and expects another 12,000 to leave by September 30 without layoffs.
- VA press secretary Peter Kasperowicz said on Monday there is no longer a target of 80,000 cuts, and the agency does not plan additional staffing changes beyond this attrition-driven reduction.
- Secretary Doug Collins said the review produced new ideas to better serve veterans while continuing workforce reorganization efforts initiated in March.
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Daily PressVA says it won’t need ‘large-scale’ reduction of staff
The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that it has eliminated the need for a large-scale reduction in staff after retirements, buyouts and hiring freezes that will amount to nearly 30,000 fewer employees. The figure is far less than the 80,000 job cuts the sprawling agency that provides health care and other services to millions of veterans had planned this spring, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press in March. …
VA ends plan for further layoffs after workforce drops by 30,000
A large-scale reduction in the workforce of 80,000 employees planned for hospitals and clinics run by the Department of Veterans Affairs is no longer being consider for fiscal 2025, VA Secretary Doug Collins announced Monday.
Veterans Affairs dramatically scales back layoffs to less than half of initial plan
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has abandoned plans to cut more than 80,000 employees, scaling back that number to just under 30,000 after a massive outcry from veterans, advocate groups and lawmakers and an exodus of individuals from the agency. In a Monday news release, the VA said it was on pace to reduce…
VA walks back plans for mass layoffs but will still lose tens of thousands of jobs
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday it is walking back plans for mass layoffs at the agency but says it will still shed tens of thousands of jobs by the end of fiscal year 2025.
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Paralyzed Veterans of America Releases Statement Following Department of Veterans Affairs' Announcement Not to Pursue Large-Scale Reduction-in-Force
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America Chief Executive Officer Carl Blake releases statement following the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announcement that it will no longer pursue a large-scale reduction-in-force as part of its efforts to…
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