Social Security Administration Announces 'Significant Workforce Reductions' Ahead
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Democrats accused the Trump administration of "putting Social Security benefits at risk by firing the staff who help beneficiaries."
WASHINGTON ― The Social Security Administration is planning a massive reorganization that will involve “significant workforce reductions,” it told employees Thursday.
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“Through these massive reorganizations, offices that perform functions not mandated by statute may be prioritized for reduction-in-force actions that could include abolishment of organizations and positions, directed reassignments, and reductions in staffing,” the agency said in a staff-wide email it also posted on its website.
Federal courts have thrown up roadblocks to the Trump administration’s efforts to trim the federal workforce, with a judge on Thursday saying the administration’s recent mass firings of probationary employees were illegal.
The Social Security Administration runs one of the federal government’s most popular programs ― retirement benefits for 50 million older Americans ― on a shoestring budget, with administrative costs totaling just half a percent of agency expenditures. Even though cutting staff doesn’t cut benefits, the reorganization will be controversial.
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