Federal employees brace for first partial paychecks as shutdown continues
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are set to receive reduced paychecks, now on day 10 of the…
OMB says ‘substantial’ federal employee layoffs have begun
The Trump administration is moving ahead with more mass firings of federal employees, something it has threatened to…
IRS says shutdown-exempt staff face furloughs if they take too much leave
The IRS furloughed nearly half its workforce earlier this week, but is now warning remaining staff they may…
IRS backtracks on back pay guarantee for furloughed employees
IRS backtracks on back pay guarantee for furloughed employees An IRS employee told Federal News Network that earlier…
OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance
Updated Oct. 7 at 9:45 a.m. The Office of Management and Budget on Friday quietly revised a shutdown…
House Democrats launch probe into government shutdown layoff plans
As federal employees face growing threats of layoffs under the partial government shutdown, House Democrats are pressuring Trump…
Amid Trump’s threat of shutdown layoffs, more federal employees being brought back to work
The Trump administration is doubling down on threats to lay off thousands of federal employees if Congress doesn’t…
Unions sue Trump administration over shutdown RIF plans
Federal employee unions are challenging the Trump administration’s threats to conduct mass layoffs of government workers amid the…
Government shutdown layoffs to occur ‘very soon,’ White House warns
After congressional appropriations lapsed and a government shutdown began at midnight on Oct. 1, the Trump administration now…
Despite layoff threat, some feds see government shutdown as an opportunity to push back on Trump’s ‘lawlessness’
With the U.S. Capitol dome as background, Helen Luryi, a former Labor Department employee who lost her job…
Mass email tells federal employees not to blame Trump for government shutdown
With no deal in sight to avoid a government shutdown, several agencies are sending nearly identical emails to…
Federal employee RIFs can still happen in a government shutdown, OPM says
After the Trump administration encouraged agencies to conduct further reductions in force, the Office of Personnel Management is…