Re:US Federal Employee Salaries (2012)
by GabrielF00 on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @01:56PM
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Workers who have been furloughed will only be paid back if Congress explicitly passes a bill to pay them. That has happened in previous shutdowns but it is not certain to happen this time.
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Re:US Federal Employee Salaries (2012)
by Jtsummers on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @02:09PM
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For what it's worth, back pay is apparently part of the package in the Senate today. The House already passed legislation guaranteeing it, but for whatever reason (this article suggests Senate Republicans, but I don't know) it didn't get through the Senate.
http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/10/back-pay-furloug...