Showing posts with label Shutdown 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shutdown 2019. Show all posts

Sunday, January 27, 2019

AFGE Urges Workers to Join Shutdown Lawsuit to Be Made Whole From Loss of Income

Article Title: AFGE Urges Workers to Join Shutdown Lawsuit to Be Made Whole From Loss of Income
Snippet of Article: "...All federal employees who are classified as non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, have been deemed "excepted" by their agency, and worked for any amount of time on or after Dec. 22, 2018 without being paid are eligible to join the AFGE lawsuit. To join the lawsuit..."


Source: www.prnewswire.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, Border Wall, Protection of U.S. Border, Federal Employees vs Illegal Immigrants, [/tag]

Friday, January 11, 2019

Largest Federal Employee Union Files Amended Shutdown Lawsuit

Article Title: Largest Federal Employee Union Files Amended Shutdown Lawsuit
Snippet of Article: "...After the 2013 shutdown, approximately 25,000 essential federal employees, represented by Heidi Burakiewicz, now a partner with KCNF DC, sued the government, arguing that the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that all employees, including federal employees, be paid on time for their services. In 2014, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims agreed and, in 2017, the court held further that the employees were entitled to twice their back pay because of the violation. However, even while the government is calculating the damages to those approximately 25,000 employees, the government has not required that essential federal employees be paid on time during the current shutdown. KCNF DC is in the process of setting up an electronic sign-up system for people to use to join the case. In the meantime, questions federal employees have about the case can be emailed to the law firm at 2018shutdownlawsuit@kcnlaw.com..."


Source: www.prnewswire.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, AFGE, Shutdown 2018, Shutdown 2019, shutdown furlough, Border Wall, Protection of U.S. Border, [/tag]

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Dems Could Halt Shutdown: Refusal to budge on border wall shows Dems still hung up on 2016

Article Title: Refusal to budge on border wall shows Dems still hung up on 2016
Snippet of Article: "...Like generals fighting the last war, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are fixated on the last presidential election. Their refusal to let it go and get on with governing in a divided Congress is a shameful sign of how radical their party has become since Trump’s election..."


Source: www.foxnews.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]

Friday, January 4, 2019

IRS won't issue tax refunds during government shutdown

Article Title: IRS won't issue tax refunds during government shutdown
Snippet of Article: "...During a shutdown, the IRS typically doesn't perform audits, pay refunds or offer assistance to taxpayers if they have questions, especially outside of the filing season. And while some of the lights may still be on in the building, the agency is currently operating with only 12.5% of its workforce, or fewer than 10,000 federal employees. "It does throw a little bit of wrench into things," said Kyle Pomerleau, economist at the Tax Foundation. "To the extent that individuals are relying on the refund any delay is going to be a negative..."


Source: www.clickondetroit.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]