Sentences with phrase «furloughs during a government shutdown»

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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.

Federal employees furloughed during the shutdown in 2013 did receive back pay for the 16 days the government remained closed.

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.

During the U.S. government shutdown, «essential personnel» are required to work, but everyone else has been furloughed.

-» [M] ost Federal government support for new basic research» stopped during the shutdown «due to furloughs of 98 percent of NSF employees, nearly three quarters of the NIH [National Institutes of Health], and two thirds of the CDC.»

Certainly during the shutdown of the federal government, when we had to furlough [about] 8,500 staff and couldn't protect Americans as effectively because of that — that was a terrible time.