MASS oven at the US Internal Revenue Service, Civil Rights Office hit first | Today news

The US Internal Revenue Service of the US is the latest in line to cut the workforce. According to Reuters, the agency’s leadership told staff in ‘Ne -mail on Friday that one of the first to go is employees of his civil rights office. It was reported earlier that more than 20,000 staff members would be cut. A source familiar with Friday’s announcement confirmed that 20-25 percent of the tax collection agency workforce would be targeted. “The IRS has begun implementing a reduction in power (RIF) that will lead to cuts across various offices and posts,” Reuters reported while quoting an internal email address for people sent to all staff on Friday. According to the email, 75 percent of the agency’s civil rights office, previously called the office of diversity, equity and inclusion, was cut and the remaining employees will move under a separate office. According to another report, the Civil Rights Office will be effectively closed by the move, while the remaining staff members moved to the office of the main advocate, the email states. It has also been noted that employees start with early retirement incentives next week. According to the email, the mass dismissal will occur in phases. They come in the midst of the busiest time of the year for the IRS, with the filing of the deadline for most individual tax returns dropping on April 15. The Washington Post first reported the beginning of the layoffs and elimination of the civil rights office. The cuts are part of a major review of the federal workforce that has cost more than 200,000 workers their work. US President Donald Trump has instructed billionaire Elon Musk to lead the reform and reduction of the government. Trump has approved executive orders aimed at dissolving DeI initiatives that he marked discriminatory. Civil rights groups condemned the actions, saying that Dei measures help to address historical and generation inequality.