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- news@lemmy.world
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- news@lemmy.world
Furloughed federal workers aren’t guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.
Why it matters: If the White House acts on that legal analysis, it would dramatically escalate President Trump’s pressure on Senate Democrats to end the week-old shutdown by denying back pay to as many as 750,000 federal workers after the shutdown.
Someone posted this link earlier:
https://legalclarity.org/do-federal-employees-get-back-pay-after-a-shutdown/
Covers everyone whether they were working or not, except contractors.