Thousands of employees at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were blindsided on Tuesday morning after discovering they had been laid off—not via formal notice, but when their work badges stopped functioning at security checkpoints.
As reported by Federal News Network, staff queued from as early as 5am, only to be turned away at the door. If their badge failed to work, they were publicly corralled and escorted to retrieve their belongings.
