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For direct employees - currently, from what I've recently heard - the legislation in place provides for back pay for them. For contract workers for agencies, i

For direct employees - currently, from what I've recently heard - the legislation in place provides for back pay for them. For contract workers for agencies, it's unclear that any of them will receive back pay. Per the other comment here, I might suspect that there were some contractors who may still have been 'required' for some reason to work, but may not get back pay in the end. It's speculation on my part, but it would not surprise me if more than a few people got caught in this situation.

pimlottc 8y ago
> For direct employees - currently, from what I've recently heard - the legislation in place provides for back pay for them. Almost in place; the bill in question still needs to be signed by the President. All indications are that he will. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s24 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s24 In general, there is nothing that guarantees back pay after a shutdown, though it has happened in every shutdown so far.
- gizmo686 8y ago
  There is nothing that guarentees pay for fourloghed workers. Those that are required to work have the fair labor standards act, which requires them to get paid during the shutdown. Since the government is violating the FLSA (in order to comply with the anti-deficiancy act), such workers are eligable for not only backpay, but also damages. In one case stemming from the 2013 shutdown damages were calculated at minimum wage for the first 40 hours a week, then the standard overtime rate for anyone working beyond that. This is addition to the backpay of what their pay should have been (so overtime effectivly payed double during this) https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/judge-orders-double-pay-for-thousands-of-federal-workers-affected-by-2013-shutdown https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/judge-orders...

pimlottc 8y ago

> For direct employees - currently, from what I've recently heard - the legislation in place provides for back pay for them. Almost in place; the bill in question still needs to be signed by the President. All indications are that he will. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s24 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s24 In general, there is nothing that guarantees back pay after a shutdown, though it has happened in every shutdown so far.

gizmo686 8y ago
There is nothing that guarentees pay for fourloghed workers. Those that are required to work have the fair labor standards act, which requires them to get paid during the shutdown. Since the government is violating the FLSA (in order to comply with the anti-deficiancy act), such workers are eligable for not only backpay, but also damages. In one case stemming from the 2013 shutdown damages were calculated at minimum wage for the first 40 hours a week, then the standard overtime rate for anyone working beyond that. This is addition to the backpay of what their pay should have been (so overtime effectivly payed double during this) https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/judge-orders-double-pay-for-thousands-of-federal-workers-affected-by-2013-shutdown https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2017-02-16/judge-orders...