Federal workers will be salaries after the closure: This is the reason
White House officials arouse the possibility of federal workers who have been paid for payment from the time of their vacation while the government is closed.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up on October 1 to find themselves on leave or work without salaries, after government funding overturned overnight.
President Trump said on Tuesday that some federal workers “do not deserve” payment after the draft of the White House noteAriseThe possibility of not pushing some employees after the government is closed.
“I would like to say that this depends on who we are talking about,” Trump told reporters alongside Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I can tell you this, Democrats have put many people at risk and danger. But this really depends on who you are talking about.
“For the largest part, we will take care of our people,” he added. “There are some people who are not really worthy of them. We will seek a different way from them.”
Government closure is the first time since January 2019 the legislators failed to conclude a deal to keep federal agencies open. The previous closure continued, during the first period of Trump, 35 days – the longest in history.
The CBO budget office (CBO) estimated the last $ 11 billion in economic output decline during the next two, including 3 billion dollars that the US economy has not acquired.
CBO has recently estimated that approximately 750,000 employees could be made every day of the closure. Its total compensation will cost the US economy about 400 million dollars per day.
Congress traditionally voted to push federal workers retroactively and who were working or working not retroactively, once an agreement was reached to reopen the government.
However, during the closing of 2018-19, Congress approved the “fair treatment law for government employees for 2019”, which was widely interpreted to delegate the salaries of federal employees and public officials in Washington, DC, who were conducted or required to work unpaid during the closure of the government.
“The employees must be compensated on the earliest possible date after the end of the break, regardless of the dates of scheduled wages,” the law says. “The required employees may use work during the break in the vacation credits.”
But aA new note from the Office of Administration and Budget (OMB)It indicates that the law has been misrepresented in the past and does not automatically guarantee compensation for the license workers once the government reopens.
The White House memo will cite the amending version of the 2019 law, which added a phrase that the workers who were conducted will receive salaries “subject to the purchase of credits that end the separator.” The White House explains that phrase as it means money for these workers must be specifically dedicated by Congress, according to Axios.
Interpretation of the memo of the lawUnlike the guidanceFrom the Personnel Management Office (OPM) issued last month before the closure.
The guidance takes “questions that are asked repeatedly”, including whether the leave staff will receive their salaries.
“Yes. After the separation ends in the credits, the employees who were conducted as a result of the separation will receive salaries retroactively in exchange for these leave periods,” says guidance. “A reactionary wage will be provided on the earliest possible date after the end of the break, regardless of the dates of scheduled wages.”
Some RepublicansI pushed the threatsFrom the White House, federal workers may not be compensated as soon as the government reopens.
“I think it is a terrible message to send it to people who are mainly hostage now to the democrats who close the government, and do not agree to cleanliness [continuing resolution]Senator Tom Teleles (RN.C) told reporters about the memo. “I think it is a bad strategy.”
Tiles said the threat is sending the wrong message to federal workers, who have been conducted since October 1 and may need to borrow money just to pay their bills.
“I think there is some frustration from the White House, but you have these people who, if they are members of the Credit Union, who may borrow money to pay their bills,” said Teleles. “Not everyone can get out of retirement savings or something like this,” he said.
Senator John Kennedy (R.)The correspondents said on TuesdayThe president does not specify whether federal workers have the right to obtain payment.
“It is not the matter to the president,” Kennedy said.
“I mean, his opinion is important, but Congress must be compatible with the money. Read the constitution,” he continued, according toThe video published on the InternetBy CBS news reporter.
When asked specifically about the argument in the memo, Kennedy said, “Well, you need to speak to the White House. I did not read the memo.”
It was originally published at 11:09 am 1 October
