HHS reinstates all laid-off employees at workplace safety agency NIOSH
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Key Points:
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has rescinded all layoff notices previously sent to about 1,000 employees at the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), reversing a decision that targeted roughly 90% of the agency’s staff.
- Earlier partial reinstatements in May brought back 328 employees, particularly those involved in coal mining research and the World Trade Center Health Program, but employees and unions have long advocated for full reinstatement to restore NIOSH’s capacity.
- NIOSH employees have been on paid administrative leave for approximately nine months, disrupting critical workplace safety research and creating uncertainty among staff, according to union representatives.
- Lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman
