The agency, which has returned $21 billion to consumers since its inception, could lose 1,500 of its 1,700 employees, a union ...

Several companies have announced mass layoffs already this year, with some of the job losses concentrated in key states.

Some of the hardest-hit areas of the agency included centers ... of the centers were reassigned or put on administrative leave, according to the lists shared with MedPage Today.

In a statement on Tuesday, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey estimated the cuts at $2 billion across the country. Massachusetts ranked #9 among states ... according to Healey. A state-by-state map of ...

Mass layoffs ... to the states during the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering employees financial incentives to leave the agency this month, according to a Monday ...