Judge Denies Pay Requests From Workers Affected By Shutdown

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/politics/employees-shutdown-pay/index.html

People are suggesting it's a sinister plot by Trump to "cut the fat" out of government.

Stop paying them for months and let them quit.

As long as they have enough savings set aside for the shutdown, which granted, many do not, they'll all be getting pay retroactively for time they were not even at work. Many creditors, insurance companies, etc have announced that bills normally due and payable will be deferred for government employees during the shutdown.

For those that DO have enough money saved to get by, the shutdown in reality is akin to a gloriously unscheduled and extended PAID vacation.

Honestly, if I was a federal government employee able to weather the financial aspect of a shutdown, I would hope a shutdown would last many months knowing I would actually get paid for that time away from work. No question, I would actually be gleeful and I don't mean that facetiously. Extra time off from work to do whatever I want, get paid for it retroactively and not have the time off affect my regular vacation days?

Tomorrow's promises don't pay today's rent.

Yeah. And many of the people who are losing money during this shutdown aren't government employees, so they won't be getting backpay.

If you're an independent contractor working for the federal government, you won't get retroactive pay.

It’s affecting US government employees working outside of the country too. There are US Border Protection Services (Customs Preclearance officers) working at major airports in Canada. They are working without pay too.