Sentences with phrase «furloughed government workers»

Herzog said attorneys in the resource center were encountering furloughed government workers coming to court to take care of outstanding probate issues now that they had more free time.

When the government of the United States of America reopens, will furloughed government workers be paid for the missed time?

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With hundreds of thousands of government workers furloughed — excluding those considered essential employees — paperwork backups are likely to occur in the mortgage - approval process.

While some are blaming that drop on the government shutdown, when federal workers were furloughed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics itself is not.

During an interview with WCBS 880 AM Radio, Paterson stressed that he has not yet included his plan to furlough public employees one day a week in emergency budget extenders, which would essentially force legislators to choose between infuriating state worker unions and a government shutdown.

besides the fact that the budget director is clueless when it comes to the job he is getting well paid for, the accidental governor, finally has the legislators by the balls — furlough 100,000 + state workers or shut down state government (all of it).

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers received furlough notices after Congress failed to agree on a continuing resolution (CR) late Monday night to fund the government.

Besides delaying school aid, Mr. Paterson tried to impose a temporary freeze on state employee salaries and to furlough about 100,000 government workers — both moves have been struck down by courts — in steps that the governor insisted were necessary to keep the state afloat.

Seeing a loophole to be exploited between the loose language of the law and the clear intent, when it came time to shut down the government, furlough workers, and stop checks from being issued, they got a convenient legal ruling that said, yes, suspending their own pay is considered altering the pay of Congress (because the law didn't just say pay raises) during the same session, therefore, it is illegal for them not to collect their paychecks during a shutdown.

When Governor Paterson announced that, in order to save money, he would add a one - day - a-week furlough for 100,000 state workers to the next emergency budget bill, legislators had a choice: vote for the bill and pass the furloughs they opposed, or vote against it and shut down state government.

ALBANY - State legislative leaders admitted Wednesday they'd bow to Gov. Paterson's push for worker furloughs - rather than shut the government down in protest.

Battles over state worker furloughs and threats of a government shutdown.

Lawmakers now face a pretty bleak pair of options: pass the furlough — which the state worker unions obviously despise, and plan to sue over — or shut down government.

Days after a federal judge blocked his efforts to furlough half the state work force, Gov. David A. Paterson is drafting a plan that would lay off thousands of government workers at the beginning of next year, a move officials say is necessary to help balance the state budget.

The Senate's failure to pass a new stopgap spending measure late Friday triggered a partial government shutdown — the first since October 2013, beginning the shuttering of «non-essential» agencies throughout the government, furloughing federal workers and closing federal facilities.

20 January 2018 The unprecedented finger - pointing took place amid a government shutdown and looming government worker furloughs.