Newsweek’s recent article, “Will Furloughed Government Workers Be Backpaid: What To Know,” covers the legal and political dispute over whether the government will issue back pay for furloughed federal employees after the shutdown ends. Senior Crime and Court Reporter Robert Alexander quotes Senior Counsel Courtney J. Mickman in the article:
Courtney J. Mickman, Senior Counsel at Alan Lescht and Associates, and a former administrative judge in the Hearings Unit of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Washington Field Office, said that OMB’s reading has little legal basis.
“I don’t believe there is a basis to not pay employees who are furloughed due to the shutdown when the government reopens,” Mickman told Newsweek, pointing to both statutory language and legislative intent. “Employees shall be paid for that time,” she said, referring to GEFTA’s plain text.
The article also includes the comments Shareholder Nekeisha Campbell recently provided to an Axios reporter.
Read the full article on Newsweek’s website.
