[US] Federal employees set to receive first partial paycheques amid ongoing shutdown

In the US, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to receive reduced paycheques as the partial government shutdown continues, Federal News Network reports.

As civilian federal employees receive their paycheques in the coming days, they’ll only take home the pay they earned up until the shutdown began. 

Whether they are excepted or furloughed, federal employees will reportedly not be paid for any days worked between October 1 and October 4, the final few days of the most recent two-week pay period.

The partial paycheques mean many federal employees will lose hundreds of dollars. The date employees receive their paycheques depends on their agency, but many began going out on October 10.

This is also the last paycheque that excepted and furloughed employees will receive until the government shutdown ends. The first fully missed paycheque, if the shutdown continues, will be for the pay period of October 5 until October 18. 

Federal employees who are considered “exempt” from the shutdown are the only ones who will continue to be paid as usual.

According to Randy Erwin - president of the National Federation of Federal Employees - many federal employees on the lower end of the General Schedule struggle to miss even a single paycheque.

“Federal employees make 25% less than private sector workers doing the exact same jobs,” Mr Erwin said. “We got a lot of folks out in the Forest Service, Park Service and other low-paid GS-3s making $32,000 a year. They can’t afford to go without pay for any period of time.”

“Our federal civil servants perform critical work for the public, including helping keep us safe,” Max Stier - Partnership for Public Service President and CEO - said. “They shouldn’t bear the financial burden created by the failures of our elected officials. The irony is that members of Congress and senior White House leaders are continuing to be paid.”

Speaking on October 8at a union-led press conference, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers President Matt Biggs said, “These are working Americans that have families that live paycheck to paycheck, that have to pay bills, have to put food on the table. Denying them a paycheck is simply cruel.”

Source: Federal News Network

(Quotes via original reporting)

In the US, hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to receive reduced paycheques as the partial government shutdown continues, Federal News Network reports.

As civilian federal employees receive their paycheques in the coming days, they’ll only take home the pay they earned up until the shutdown began. 

Whether they are excepted or furloughed, federal employees will reportedly not be paid for any days worked between October 1 and October 4, the final few days of the most recent two-week pay period.

The partial paycheques mean many federal employees will lose hundreds of dollars. The date employees receive their paycheques depends on their agency, but many began going out on October 10.

This is also the last paycheque that excepted and furloughed employees will receive until the government shutdown ends. The first fully missed paycheque, if the shutdown continues, will be for the pay period of October 5 until October 18. 

Federal employees who are considered “exempt” from the shutdown are the only ones who will continue to be paid as usual.

According to Randy Erwin - president of the National Federation of Federal Employees - many federal employees on the lower end of the General Schedule struggle to miss even a single paycheque.

“Federal employees make 25% less than private sector workers doing the exact same jobs,” Mr Erwin said. “We got a lot of folks out in the Forest Service, Park Service and other low-paid GS-3s making $32,000 a year. They can’t afford to go without pay for any period of time.”

“Our federal civil servants perform critical work for the public, including helping keep us safe,” Max Stier - Partnership for Public Service President and CEO - said. “They shouldn’t bear the financial burden created by the failures of our elected officials. The irony is that members of Congress and senior White House leaders are continuing to be paid.”

Speaking on October 8at a union-led press conference, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers President Matt Biggs said, “These are working Americans that have families that live paycheck to paycheck, that have to pay bills, have to put food on the table. Denying them a paycheck is simply cruel.”

Source: Federal News Network

(Quotes via original reporting)