Veterans Affairs staff brace for mandatory overtime mandate
May 18, 2025, 7:00 AM
A person walks past the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters a block from the White House on March 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
(Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
Federal workers with the (VA) are now required to work mandatory overtime following recent federal cuts.
In an email obtained by 成人X站 Newsradio, VA leadership in Seattle recently told staff many employees will be subject to mandatory overtime, beginning May 18.
For many workers, that includes up to 25 hours of overtime per month.
OT mandates follows significant layoffs
This decision comes after the VA announced plans to cut more than 80,000 jobs, equivalent to 17% of its workforce. However, legal experts told 成人X站 Newsradio that overtime rules for non-exempt government employees is legal, especially if the agency is facing hardships鈥攍ike funding.
The VA ended its mandatory overtime rule for most employees last summer, shifting to a system of mostly voluntary overtime. The VA has relied on mandatory overtime for the previous seven years to keep up with its increasing workload.
Several government employee unions filed a lawsuit intended to rescind the firing of tens of thousands of new employees in a federal workforce reduction ordered by President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration. The suite of lawsuits included reversing the dismissal of more than 1,000 workers terminated at the VA.
