The department will begin issuing layoff notices to employees via email “in the coming days,” according to a staff memo obtained by The Washington Post.

Explore the impact of mass teacher layoffs on K-12 education due to funding cuts and budget constraints. Understand the effects on teachers, students, and the education system.

Amid agency changes, some VA workers in Philadelphia were looking to leave their jobs. The agency says enough have left across the country to avoid a reduction in force.

Intel Corp. is cutting more than 500 positions in Oregon as part of a layoff plan that’s ultimately expected to affect roughly 20% of the chipmaker’s staff.

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

Though the official unemployment rate is still considered low by historical standards, job seekers feel the labor market is contracting. When employers pull back on open postings, there's a high level of competition among eligible applicants. On average, a layoff could leave you unemployed for 10 months or longer.

The recent stock market rebound may “provide limited comfort,” said one economist, “but many businesses are still extremely hesitant to expand hiring.”

Hundreds who work for the Oregon Department of Transportation got notice that they’re being laid off in what Gov. Tina Kotek called a preventable emergency and the largest round of layoffs in the state government’s history.

Employees who remain are often left to pick up the pieces with little to no support or training, a new survey finds.

The Education Department dismissed more than 3,400 civil rights complaints in about three months under the Trump administration, per a July court filing. Why it matters: The Education Department has pledged to clear its backlog of civil rights complaints despite closing half of the offices that investigate the allegations.