Roughly 420,000 federal employees were deemed essential and are working unpaid. An additional 380,000 are staying home without pay. While furloughed federal workers have been given back pay in previous shutdowns, it's not guaranteed that will happen this time. Government contractors, who have be...
These seven days do not need to align with a typical calendar week or job starting time. As long as a fixed and regularly recurring schedule is established, employees should receive the overtime rate owed to them. Typically, overtime pay is included with the wages earned in a regular ...
The message states that “these actions are likely to include the use of furloughs and the reclassification to at-will status for a substantial number of federal employees.” This is easy to translate as “quit or we will reclassify and then fire you” and reflects the pledge by Russell...
These Agriculture Department employees must be allowed back to their jobs for 45 days, as the Office of Special Counsel continues to investigate the Trump administration’s purge of recently hired, promoted or transferred federal employees.
As the longest-ever government shutdown reached Day 27 Thursday, the number of federal employees working without pay stood at 450,000 -- but that number could top half a million in the coming days, as the Trump administration continues to recall tens of thousands of workers after alm...
The OPM email, which contained the subject line “Fork in the Road,” had many similarities to an email that X, then called Twitter,sent to its employeesdays after Elon Musk took over the company. Musk now leads Trump’sDepartment of Government Efficiency, which has been tasked with shrinkin...
Trump has issued directives in his first days in office to restructure the government and compel federal workers to return to offices. Federal agency heads were asked to identify employees on probationary periods, or who have served less than two years. Such employees are easier to fire....
“The substantial majority of federal employees who have been working remotely since Covid will be required to return to their physical offices five days a week,” it reads. That echoes Trump, who said of federal employees over the weekend:“You have to go to your office and work. Otherwise...
The email sent to employees says those who leave their posts voluntarily will receive about eight months of salary, but they have to chose to do so by Feb 6.
“The substantial majority of federal employees who have been working remotely since Covid will be required to return to their physical offices five days a week,” it reads. That echoes Trump, who said of federal employees over the weekend:“You have ...