The Social Security Administraton's planning to ax 7,000 jobs. What this means for its workers and Social Security beneficiaries.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is notifying employees of “significant workforce reductions” on the way as it prepares for what it describes as an “agency-wide organizational restructuring” amid reports that thousands of workers could be let go.

Democrats accused the Trump administration of "putting Social Security benefits at risk by firing the staff who help beneficiaries."

The Social Security Administration announced a “massive” reorganization and “significant” job cuts on Thursday that critics said could increase customer-service wait times and make it more difficult to detect fraud.

The agency said in a statement posted to its website that it had notified employees that it will "soon" implement "significant workforce reductions."