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I don't often do this, but it's literally the first line of the article: "Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work
by owyn 8y ago
I don't often do this, but it's literally the first line of the article:
"Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown..."
Edit to add info, answer the followup question and less snark...
Yes, they're considered to be essential but they aren't getting paid because the 2019 TSA budget wasn't approved yet. Some other dept's were approved already and do have budget, etc. As usual with a big org like that, it depends. But the original article sure doesn't explain why.
"Excepted employees include employees who are performing emergency work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property or performing certain other types of excepted work."
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/guidance-for-shutdown-furloughs.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough...
- chrisseaton 8y agoYeah I read the same article as you but what requires them? People asking them? Or some sort of actual law? Or just they'll be fired if they don't? Can they quit or not?
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- amyjess 8y agoPlease define "required". Are FBI agents actually going to drag them out of their homes and have them arraigned on criminal charges if they don't show up for work, or will they just be fired/reprimanded/put on a PIP?
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- owyn 8y agoThere's a government document for that too! https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/employee-relations/training/presentationaddressingawol.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/employee-relations... But the short answer seems to be (from a cursory skim) that they are considered AWOL and that this is a reprimand/PIP/firing kind of situation. Same thing as just not showing up for work. They're not allowed to use previously accrued sick days or leave during a special situation like this. Obviously if it happens at a large enough scale, they probably won't just fire everyone, but there's a certain amount of game theory going on here to be sure. If SOME people don't show up, maybe management will let it slide, if LOTS of people don't show up, who gets in trouble?