Secretary of Education Linda McMahon ordered Reduction in Force layoffs targeting roughly half the department’s over 4,000 employees, effective March 21. Those laid off will receive full pay and benefits until June 9th, as well as severance pay or retirement benefits. About 600 of the workers had previously accepted buyout offers.
President Donald Trump campaigned on shutting down the Education Department. Trump recently said he is looking at signing an executive order starting the process, however complete elimination of the department would require Congressional approval.
Earlier Tuesday, the department sent out an email telling employees to take their laptops and vacate their offices by 6 p.m. because the headquarters in Washington, D.C. and regional offices would be shut down for “security “reasons” until Thursday morning when office hours would resume.
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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon ordered Reduction in Force layoffs targeting roughly half the department’s over 4,000 employees, effective March 21. Those laid off will receive full pay and benefits until June 9th, as well as severance pay or retirement benefits. About 600 of the workers had previously accepted buyout offers.
President Donald Trump campaigned on shutting down the Education Department. Trump recently said he is looking at signing an executive order starting the process, however complete elimination of the department would require Congressional approval.
Earlier Tuesday, the department sent out an email telling employees to take their laptops and vacate their offices by 6 p.m. because the headquarters in Washington, D.C. and regional offices would be shut down for “security “reasons” until Thursday morning when office hours would resume.
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