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Trump Reclassifies ~8,000 HHS Employees Under Schedule F, Allowing At-Will Dismissal
President Trump signed an order on June 4 that shifts roughly 8,000 federal workers, including HHS policy staff and some NIH grant reviewers, into a category that removes civil-service firing protections.
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President Trump signed an executive order late on June 4 that reclassifies thousands of Health and Human Services employees under Schedule F, a designation that removes standard civil-service firing protections. The order affects staff who shape policy on public health, federal health insurance programs, and health data privacy.
It also reaches some National Institutes of Health workers who oversee grant funding.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared with President Trump at an Oval Office event to announce the change. Roughly 8,000 employees across the federal government have been moved into the new category.
Schedule F creates a class of federal workers who are not political appointees but can be dismissed at will. The policy originated during President Trump’s first term. The reclassification was reported by STAT on June 5.
