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Could be wrong, but IIRC congress has to explicitly approve the back pay. So, who knows if it’ll happen…

• zermelo 1y ago
  https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/24 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/24 Passed by Congress in January 2019 and signed by Trump. " Employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations shall be compensated for the period of the lapse on the earliest date possible after the lapse ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates. "
  • lynndotpy 1y ago
    Note that the White House issued a memo contradicting GEFTA, and the OMB removed references to it. Federal workers are spooked.
    • zermelo 1y ago
      Thanks for bringing it up. Link if someone is interested: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-administration-questions-automatic-back-pay-furloughed-us-employees-2025-10-07/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-administratio...
    • array_key_first 1y ago
      Communication from the WH has been so wild this administration. Just constant things that directly contradict the law.
  • eszed 1y ago
    "Furloughed" is the key term, there. Have they been?
    • zermelo 1y ago
      My understanding: * excepted (essential) employees (including ATCs) are required to work, are not getting paid, but will be paid back for their work when Congress passes a new appropriations bill * furloughed (non-essential) employees are told not to work, are not getting paid, but will be paid back under GEFTA once the shutdown ends, without any new law. To be clear, I'm trying to state the facts, not my opinions.