The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is cutting more than 1,400 probationary workers occupying “non-mission critical positions,” according to a Monday news release.
“Those dismissed today are bargaining-unit probationary employees who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment,” the VA noted.
The cuts will save over $83 million annually, the VA indicated.
The VA secretary specifically said these decisions to let some employees go “will not hurt VA health care, benefits or beneficiaries” and even noted that veterans will “notice a change for the better.”
“In the coming weeks and months, VA will be announcing plans to put these resources to work helping the department fulfill its core mission: providing the best possible care and benefits to Veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors,” Collins said.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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