A senior official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2019 said the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act (GEFTA) “does not create an entitlement for furloughed employees,” bolstering the White House’s view that furloughed workers are not guaranteed back pay during a government shutdown, reports Axios.
An estimated 750,000 federal employees have been furloughed or forced to work without pay since the shutdown began on Oct. 1.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said some of those workers “don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”
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