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The Pentagon announced plans on Friday to ultimately fire 5-8% of the approximately 950,000 civilian employees in the military.
It’s just a small portion of the 55,000 probation employees at risk of being fired in large numbers, but the final cuts could amount to a massive reduction in the private workforce.
“We expect to reduce the sector’s private labor force by 5-8% to generate efficiency, refocus on the president’s priorities and restore troop preparation,” he said in a statement and preparation. He said he acted under the Secretary of Defense.
This means that in the end, between 47,500 and 76,000 people may let go.
Earlier on Friday, CNN said the Department of Defense could provide a more thorough review of the impacts such shootings could have on civilian protection until the Department of Defense, Pete Hegses and the Pentagon Advisors, can provide a more thorough review. It reported that it had temporarily suspended plans to carry out mass shootings on observational employees. Two defense officials familiar with the issue said about US military preparations.
Selnick said the first 5,400 could be fired early next week, and more could be terminated “to adhere to all applicable laws as usual and further analyse personnel needs.” Ta.
“As the secretary made clear, it is not simply a public interest to maintain individuals whose contributions are not mission-critical,” he added. “Taxpayers deserve a thorough look at our workforce to see where redundancy can be eliminated.”
A wider range of civilian employees after CNN reported on Wednesday that mass layoffs that could affect more than 50,000 private employees across the Pentagon could violate Section 129A of U.S. law A pause to fire Swass at once came at once. Following that report, Pentagon lawyers have begun to look closer at the legality of planned termination, officials said.
The law states that, unless the Secretary of Defense has done an appropriate analysis of how these dismissals affect the fatality and preparation of the US military, “a full programmed the civilian workforce at a full-time equivalent level.” “We cannot reduce the equivalent level of time.” The law also says reducing risks to US military preparation takes priority over costs.
A senior official told CNN on Wednesday that no such analysis had been conducted before military leaders were ordered to launch a list of employees.
The Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses’ office declined to comment.
Throughout this week, defense authorities scramble to create a list of individual workers who should be exempt from firing as they are essential for cybersecurity, intelligence, operations and ongoing mission support, including those working in foreign military forces. And the sales and other important national security roles that were working late into the night were said by several defense officials.
In a video posted to X on Thursday, Hegseth said the department was focusing on termination of low-performing employees first. However, defense officials told CNN that the Human Resources Administration is using extensive justification for firing, and those probation employees are no longer needed, so the overall performance of the Pentagon He insisted to DOD that he was not actively contributing to the
This story has been updated with additional reports.
