The move reinstates some employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health — which lost more than 90 percent of its workforce

A US judge temporarily blocked several federal agencies from proceeding with the mass layoffs of government workers ordered by President Donald Trump.

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump’s dismantling of three federal agencies that support libraries, museums, minority businesses and mediation services. U.S. District Judge John McConnell agreed with 21 Democratic-led states that the shutdowns violate the separation of powers.

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that enabled the administration to fire tens of thousands of federal workers and to eliminate certain agencies entirely.