HHS to withhold some bonus pay earned by laid-off employees
Source: CBS News
Updated on: May 9, 2025 / 7:44 AM EDT
The Department of Health and Human Services has decided to effectively block the payout of overdue bonuses to many of its laid-off employees, multiple health officials say. The bonuses were tied to high performance by the workers last year, before they were cut from the department.
"If the savings from the layoffs were pennies from the HHS budget, this is hundredths of a penny," one current federal health agency employee said of the move. While bonus payments usually go out in April to high-performing federal employees, the department had stalled them from being deposited. Now, payouts are scheduled to go out only for active employees as of June 2 or later, under the new decision.
This timing prevents the money from being paid out to people who were laid off or took buyouts or early retirement. Most of the workers laid off at the department are still on paid leave under federal policies, ahead of an official "separation" date scheduled for June 2."We apologize to those of you who were expecting bonuses and truly wish we could have delivered them," human resources officials wrote to the staff of one HHS agency, in an email obtained by CBS News.
An appeal sought by some agency officials was "unsuccessful in having it overturned," according to the email. "That's f****d up. They worked hard all last year for those awards," a federal health agency employee said in a message. The decision applies to all agencies and divisions that rely on the department's central human resources office, the Staffing and Recruitment Operations Center, under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-to-withhold-some-pay-from-laid-off-employees/
This is some petty ass shit right there. HHS is claiming this is "fake news" but based on past incidents like this, the brainworm host has ZERO clue what is going on in the department. Every department and agency is now infested with DOGE bros and other miscreants who are there to cause terror and discord.
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This is fake news. HHS is honoring all awards that it is obligated to pay, including to separated employees. This includes employees who are participating in VERA, VSIP and/or DRP programs. Everyone will get the deal they made with the Trump Administration.
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