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The IRS announced that nearly half of its workforce, approximately 34,000 employees, are being furloughed due to the ongoing government shutdown.
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00:00The IRS announced that nearly half of its workforce, approximately 34,000 employees,
00:05are being furloughed due to the ongoing government shutdown,
00:08while another 39,000 employees will continue working.
00:11This decision follows the failure of funding resolutions in the U.S. Senate,
00:16leaving most IRS operations closed as the shutdown enters its eighth day.
00:20Furloughed employees have been assured of receiving back pay once the shutdown ends,
00:25despite other reports of an internal memo suggesting otherwise.
00:28The IRS is also dealing with the aftermath of mass layoffs that reduced its workforce by about 25 percent
00:34after President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
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