Federal workers who have been furloughed during the ongoing U.S. government shutdown are not guaranteed to receive back pay for their time spent out of work, a Trump administration official confirmed to The Epoch Times on Oct. 7.
The administration is preparing to argue that a federal law purportedly requiring the payment of back pay is not “self-executing” and would require Congress to specifically approve such funding in a new continuing resolution. The argument was made in a memorandum written by Mark Paoletta, general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget, for that agency’s director, Russ Vought, and shared with The Epoch Times….
Furloughed Federal Workers Not Guaranteed Back Pay: White House
