KCNF Partner Heidi Burakiewicz spoke with Federal News Network about the decision denying the government’s motion to dismiss and confirming that the government violated the FLSA when it failed to pay essential employees on their regularly scheduled pay dates during the 35-day government shutdown. Burakiewicz said she added more than 32,000 new plaintiffs yesterday.
Federal judge denies government’s request to dismiss suit over 2019 shutdown pay