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Shutdown Fallout: No More Backpay for Furloughed Workers

Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... Subscribe for more Quickie News: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... just one week into the U.S. government shutdown, and things are quickly going to sh*t. right, from chaos With airports across the U.S. to reports that the Trump administration is trying to screw furloughed workers out of backpay. I mean, things are getting messy. right, And starting with the workers, as soon as the government shutdown on October 1st, pretty much all non-essential staff, about 750,000 people, were furloughed and not being paid. Kind of. and I say kind of because normally they're entitled to back pay for that time off. but even with that, like, it's rare for a government shutdown to extend past a payday because even missing one paycheck in the short term, it can be catastrophic for most Americans. which is then why it was pretty damn shocking to find that the Trump administration is considering not even giving back pay to furloughed workers. and you had that coming from a memo seen by Axios and it's believed that by putting the possibility of no back pay on the table, that the Trump administration is hoping to force Senate Democrats into a deal. but I will say there's also an even bigger wrinkle to all this. And that is that the plan, it flies in the face of how U.S. law is currently understood. right, I mean, back in 2019, Trump signed a law that was generally understood to guarantee back pay. but now you've got officials in the Office of Management and Budget shifting their stance. right, with one senior white House official, for example, speaking to Axios and saying, “does this law cover all these furloughed employees automatically? the conventional wisdom is, yes, it does. Our view is no, it doesn't.” right, and what they're calling this new interpretation of the law by the Office of Management and Budget, it not only contradicts nearly six years of precedent and understanding, but also recent memos from other Trump agencies. just this month, the Council of Economic Advisers released a guide about the shutdown. And they explicitly touched on this when talking about how this would affect contractors. saying, “unlike federal employees, federal contractors are not entitled to back pay after the conclusion of a shutdown.” and that followed a memo from the Office of Personnel Management from last month, where it had an FAQ, And one of the questions was, “will employees who are furloughed get paid?” and just to keep it short, they said, yes. and so as far as how Trump and his administration are trying to justify this. Well, shortly after that law was passed in 2019, it was amended. and in that amendment, the law said that workers would get paid, “subject to the enactment of appropriations acts, ending the lapse.” right, That language it makes it sound like an automatic thing. but Trump he's arguing that no, the 2019 law mentions explicitly that you're shut down. So it's the only one that automatically qualifies. right, so according to this train of thought, all future shutdowns would need to have that money specifically set aside by Congress. though I will say it is very hard to find someone outside of Trump's inner circle who supports this interpretation. but also it still could be enough of a threat to try to pressure Senate Democrats. right, Especially considering the timing. right, October 15th, that's the next government paycheck. And now there's a possible legal battle about whether they're ever going to get paid. and while right now, at least according to the polling, more people blame the Republicans than the Democrats for this shutdown. one of the big questions that pops up here in addition to, “oh my God, how is this going to affect so many hundreds of thousands of Americans?” is will this messaging work? Can they muddy the waters not only for this fight, but maybe even the upcoming midterm? —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research:Brian Espinoza, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #GovernmentShutdown #DonaldTrump #Politics