Fired HHS Workers Told They Have 45 Days To File Complaints With Agency Director Who Died Last Year

The Washington Post reports:

Some government health employees who were laid off Tuesday were told to contact Anita Pinder with discrimination complaints. But Pinder, who was the director at the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, died last year.

The inclusion of Pinder’s name in reduction-in-force notices reflects the chaos of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to shed federal workers and was a gut punch to employees who knew her, said Karen Shields, who worked with Pinder.

“They couldn’t have run it past the people at CMS that were at the funeral and knew she died,” Shields said. “This is a lack of communication. There is just a better way to do this.” The notice listed Pinder, her email and a phone number, and asked employees to contact her no later than 45 calendar days from the effective date of their separation from government service.

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