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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Edit: although they could use vacation time to keep the paycheck coming in theory, not sure on the details, I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in.
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Actually all leave is cancelled for civilian employees. If you're furloughed you can't use leave to make up for the lost pay. However last time this happened in the 90's all those people who sat at home for 21 days ended up getting back pay anyway once the budget finally passed.
Some of us had to sit around all day to find out at the end that we're somehow "exempted" from the shutdown (eventhough our position description says not mission essential WTF) and would be the lucky few who get to come to work for free while our peers get a mini vacation (which more than likely they'll get back paid for).