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.
Look at the bright side. They’re all smart and don’t need retraining like Hillary’s coal miners. They will have to learn the meaning of hard work.
The back pay is through the furlough. I get that. When it’s over do all non-essential get called back? This can be complicated and I was in a similar position some years ago. We could draw unemployment, but if called back and made whole we had to pay it back. It will be interesting and the longer it goes the tougher it gets.
It’s not ‘mandatory ‘ when there is a shutdown, but it can still be done if an administrative action is initiated by OPM.
Don’t apply, or don’t have to apply...?