IRS rescinds layoffs at civil rights office, an early target of workforce cuts

IRS rescinds layoffs at civil rights office, an early target of workforce cuts

The IRS is rescinding layoffs at its civil rights office, an early target in its plans to slash its total headcount. IRS Commissioner Billy Long, in a memo obtained by Federal News Network, told employees in the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance that the agency is “reversing” reduction-in-force notices they received in April. “This memorandum serves as cancellation of your prior RIF notice of separation,” Long wrote in the Aug. 1 memo. “It s…