Almost all USAID workers across the globe placed on leave as Trump moves to gut agency.
About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, were notified Tuesday they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency.
A State Department notice to USAID employees ‒ two-thirds of whom work overseas across 60 countries ‒ said all USAID "direct hire personnel" across the world will be placed on administrative leave effective Friday, Feb. 7
The State Department is working on a plan to arrange and pay for the return of USAID employees living overseas back to the United States within 30 days and to terminate contracts not deemed essential, the notice reads. Extensions for their return to the United States will be considered "based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons."
About 10,000 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, excluding essential personnel, were notified Tuesday they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the foreign aid agency.
A State Department notice to USAID employees ‒ two-thirds of whom work overseas across 60 countries ‒ said all USAID "direct hire personnel" across the world will be placed on administrative leave effective Friday, Feb. 7
The State Department is working on a plan to arrange and pay for the return of USAID employees living overseas back to the United States within 30 days and to terminate contracts not deemed essential, the notice reads. Extensions for their return to the United States will be considered "based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons."
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