Workers at the IRS office in Covington, one of the city’s largest employers, have begun receiving Reduction in Force, or RIF, notices due to work furloughs resulting from the federal government shutdown that began on Oct. 1.
The IRS employed about 2,600 people out of its Covington office as of June 30, 2024, the last day of the 2024 fiscal year, according to the city’s annual financial report, making it second only to Fidelity in terms of number of employees.
As LINK nky reported in June, the office was already undergoing job cuts, which could prove problematic for the city’s payroll tax revenue, in addition to the effects the cuts have on the lives of the workers themselves…