Department of Veterans Affairs Fires Over 1,000 Employees

Some of the terminated workers were on probationary status.

VA Secretary Doug Collins in Washington in an undated file photograph. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has terminated more than 1,000 workers, the agency said on Feb. 13.

Some of the employees who were fired were probationary employees, or had been with the agency for less than two years. None of the terminated workers were in “mission-critical positions,” the agency said in a statement.