At least 32,000 federal employees could be in line for a four-figure payday, though 25,000 are still awaiting damages awarded to them after 2013 shutdown.
A federal court on Tuesday denied an effort by the federal government to dismiss a lawsuit brought by federal employees forced to work without pay during a 35-day shutdown that began in 2018, effectively ruling federal agencies violated federal law when they failed to deliver the workers’ paychecks on time.
The judge cited her previous decision, saying the same standards still apply. KCNF Partner Heidi Burakiewicz told GovExec that the judge found the government was already “on notice” from the previous ruling and that it had “flagrantly violated the law again.”
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