U.S. Agency for International Development staff on administrative leave can be called back to work to help wind down the agency in the final stages of its dismantling. This could also entail taking on new roles in the coming months.
The news comes a week after the agency’s entire workforce was slashed and the Trump administration told staff they would be employed until either July 1 or Sept. 2.
On the same day that staff received these termination notices, they were sent a form where they were asked whether they preferred to work or to go on voluntary administrative leave during this timeframe.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
