VA reinstated 100 employees fired under widely challenged law, paid $1`34M to hundreds more.
VA reinstated 100 employees fired under widely challenged law, paid $1`34M to hundreds more.  
Podcast: Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Published On: Wed Nov 06 2024
Description: The Veterans Affairs Department reinstated more than 100 former employees it had fired under a widely challenged law that once made it easier to remove people accused of misconduct. The VA agreed to these actions as part of a settlement it reached with the American Federation of Government Employees Union last year. Now details of that settlement are coming to light through Freedom of Information Act requests. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices