Cincinnati employees placed on leave, more layoffs to come at US Health agency

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Hundreds of people in Cincinnati are expected to lose their jobs as another round of mass layoffs begins nationwide.

Employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a notice Tuesday from the Department of Health and Human Services that it will be reducing its workforce in the coming months.

“An email went out this morning – employees either got a memo of a plan for Reduction in Force or RIF, or they got notified that they were being RIFed or fired,” NIOSH industrial hygienist and AFGE Local 3840 steward Hannah Echt told FOX19 NOW…

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