PNW0637 » 02 Oct 2023, 7:51 am » wrote: ↑
The only ones who would have gotten paid are the ones who were ruled essential workers and actually worked during the shutdown.
People like TSA agents, air traffic control etc. They would have worked through the shutdown and not paid until the shutdown is over.
Those who didn't work, don't get paid.
I've searched a bit and can't find any confirmation that every federal worker affected by a government shutdown won't get paid.
Some are required to work and may not get paid until the budget is resolved, while others are furloughed and also don't get paid, but are always given full pay after the budget is passed.
Can you tell me what federal workers either don't get paid during the shutdown, OR receive full back pay after the budget is approved and they return to work?
Because I'm not aware of any, and that means it's nothing but a paid vacation for them, albeit they have to wait for their back pay.
Here's all I could find on the subject:
Furloughed and excepted employees who have to report to work aren’t paid during a shutdown. But they will eventually get back pay.Historically, Congress has approved retroactive pay for excepted and furloughed employees,
the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says.But that back pay was not guaranteed until Congress passed and former President Donald Trump signed a federal law in January 2019. That law called
the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act requires both essential employees who worked without pay, as well as furloughed workers who did not report to work, to be paid after a shutdown ends. These employees must be compensated “at the earliest date possible,” regardless of scheduled pay dates, the law says.