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The U.S. government shut down Oct 1 2025 and has been closed for about a week.
Some government functions continue (with people getting regular pay), such as the military. In other cases, workers are furloughed with no pay (with the expectation they will get back pay when the shutdown is done). In yet other cases, workers in some essential positions are expected to work but with no pay until the shut down is done.
So, how has this been affecting the US?
Lets see:
Some airports have seen operating hours reduced due to staffing shortages, as air traffic controllers (who are considered 'critical' and are expected to work without pay) are calling in sick.
From: https://abc7.com/post/hollywood-bur...affic-controllers-evening-faa-warns/17952670/
There were frustrating delays and cancellations on Monday evening at Hollywood Burbank Airport and other U.S. airports as the government shutdown triggered a shortage of air traffic controllers... From 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, there were no air traffic controllers in the Burbank tower, and operations were instead run remotely... Air traffic controllers are government employees and are considered essential, so they have to keep working, but are doing so without pay. Because of that, there's a shortage as many of the 11,00 air traffic controllers nationwide are calling in sick.
(Other airports with similar shutdowns include Nashville and Boston.)
And it looks like Trump might be looking at screwing furloughed workers out of their back pay.
From: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-senator-says-back-pay-202411276.html
A draft memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raised the possibility that furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government shutdown...The draft memo hinges on an aggressive interpretation of the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 — which President Trump signed during the last government shutdown — and argues the law does not automatically guarantee back pay to all furloughed employees.
From: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-threatens-buck-law-155408485.html
The White House suggested Tuesday that furloughed federal workers won’t necessarily get paid when the government eventually reopens, contrary to a law signed by President Donald Trump in 2019. The law states that all furloughed workers “shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations,” also known as a government shutdown. But an anonymous White House official claimed to Axios that there is some confusion about the statute: “Does this law cover all these furloughed employees automatically? The conventional wisdom is: Yes, it does. Our view is: No, it doesn’t.”
(Note that many republicans in congress have said that workers will be payed, but given the fact that they tend to give in to Trump on a regular basis, I would not put much faith in them standing up to Trump over this.)
Some government functions continue (with people getting regular pay), such as the military. In other cases, workers are furloughed with no pay (with the expectation they will get back pay when the shutdown is done). In yet other cases, workers in some essential positions are expected to work but with no pay until the shut down is done.
So, how has this been affecting the US?
Lets see:
Some airports have seen operating hours reduced due to staffing shortages, as air traffic controllers (who are considered 'critical' and are expected to work without pay) are calling in sick.
From: https://abc7.com/post/hollywood-bur...affic-controllers-evening-faa-warns/17952670/
There were frustrating delays and cancellations on Monday evening at Hollywood Burbank Airport and other U.S. airports as the government shutdown triggered a shortage of air traffic controllers... From 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, there were no air traffic controllers in the Burbank tower, and operations were instead run remotely... Air traffic controllers are government employees and are considered essential, so they have to keep working, but are doing so without pay. Because of that, there's a shortage as many of the 11,00 air traffic controllers nationwide are calling in sick.
(Other airports with similar shutdowns include Nashville and Boston.)
And it looks like Trump might be looking at screwing furloughed workers out of their back pay.
From: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-senator-says-back-pay-202411276.html
A draft memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raised the possibility that furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government shutdown...The draft memo hinges on an aggressive interpretation of the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 — which President Trump signed during the last government shutdown — and argues the law does not automatically guarantee back pay to all furloughed employees.
From: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-administration-threatens-buck-law-155408485.html
The White House suggested Tuesday that furloughed federal workers won’t necessarily get paid when the government eventually reopens, contrary to a law signed by President Donald Trump in 2019. The law states that all furloughed workers “shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations,” also known as a government shutdown. But an anonymous White House official claimed to Axios that there is some confusion about the statute: “Does this law cover all these furloughed employees automatically? The conventional wisdom is: Yes, it does. Our view is: No, it doesn’t.”
(Note that many republicans in congress have said that workers will be payed, but given the fact that they tend to give in to Trump on a regular basis, I would not put much faith in them standing up to Trump over this.)
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