The Department of the Interior said some layoffs may still occur even as a federal court order temporarily bars the Trump administration from firing thousands of government workers during the shutdown.
The Hill reported that the Interior Department said in a Friday court filing that it would have begun issuing layoff notices “imminently” if not for U.S. District Judge Susan Illston’s order halting the plan.
The order put a stop to more than 4,100 planned job cuts across eight agencies after unions argued that the moves were politically motivated and being carried out without adequate planning.
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