I call BS on this. I’ll do an internet search but I believe the President has signed legislation guaranteeing back pay. And I believe OPM has already said RIF procedures won’t apply. I’ll try to find some links.
This is amazing news. Trump can effectively abolish the EPA by executive action?
Why the hell not? Non-performing and non-essential? Fire them!
When funding is restored to federal agencies shuttered by the partial government shutdown, employees who have been on unpaid furloughs will receive back pay, under legislation President Trump signed Wednesday.
The measure extends to furloughed employees the same guarantee of eventual back pay that already had applied to those who have remained on the job in unfunded agencies because of the safety- or security-related nature of their work.
It’s an interesting topic.
I’m interested in the dynamics of this.
800,000 gone like that!
There goes 800,000 Democrat votes. Oh wait, they’ll run on hiring them back.
In truth I’d like to see 800,000 chopped, but I’d like to see them given a chance to find work first. This was pretty sudden.
Yes!! Freezes federal spending and hiring, cut all government manpower by 20 percent in all agencies, and make it permanent. After that, cut it by 10 percent a year until all “non-essential” workers are terminated. Why do they have a job if they are not “essential”—i.e.—they are not needed?
Agencies won’t need to consider targeted layoffs, otherwise known as reductions-in-force (RIFs), if the current partial government shutdown continues for another few days.
While federal statute typically instructs agencies to RIF targeted groups of employees who have been placed on furlough status for 30 days or more, the regulations don’t apply to emergency furlough situations, the Office of Management and Budget confirmed Tuesday.
Some people were saying that Trump is doing this(forcing the dems to capitulate) to simultaneously drain the swamp, expose the rats and hopefully get funding for the wall.
If he is indeed doing this to drain the swamp, then I’m all for PDJT dragging this out for as long as possible. If not, I wish he’d get to building the wall by declaring a national emergency. Time is of the essence now for 2020
only applies to an administrative furlough, this article looks like a copy-cat of a previous story that was later corrected
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3720337/posts
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2019/01/furloughed-feds-wont-be-rifed-if-government-shutdown-extends-past-30-days-omb-says/
This hot economy is a good time to wean the parasites away for their government checks.
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>> “Agencies can’t simply get rid of their lowest performers.” <<
That needs to change soon!
MAGA! MAGA! MAGA!
No one who didn’t work should get a dime of back pay. That is would just be wrong. Let them collect unemployment the same as everyone else.
Why the hell not? Fire the dead weights. When Ihad a federal job, we added one employee who was a total screw-up who had been transfered out of three other departments, largely for incompetency. It was clear that whether he did his work correctly that day was whether he gave a damn that particular day. We needed to divert another person to review everything he did to check it for mistakes.
Folks like that deserve a pink slip.
If lay offs occur, they will be able to apply for unemployment, thus negating much of the savings.
Correction required: The $5b Trump has requested for the wall will not pay for the entire wall, but will only get the wall started. It is estimated it will cost about $80b to complete the wall from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific Ocean.
However much it costs, BUILD THE WALL, NOW!
Wonder if selective layoffs are possible. Review their records, note the better workers if possible. Keep only them.