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Veterans 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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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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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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