WASHINGTON — USDA employees working on the department’s avian influenza response recently discovered they were facing job terminations. Now, the agency is offering them their positions back.
The layoffs began on Feb. 15, with rescinded offers being made the following week.
In a statement provided to Poultry Times on Feb. 21, a USDA spokesperson said, “Although several positions supporting HPAI were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working swiftly to rectify the situation and rescind those letters.”
"USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service frontline positions are considered public safety positions, and we are continuing to hire. . .
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