Originally Posted by
mauve
Do we know that other agencies aren't seeing the same increasing absenteeism and employee loss as TSA?
Aside from the Post Office, the only Federal employees I interact with frequently are TSOs. I wouldn't notice quickly if Correctional Officers or ATF Special Agents started calling in sick.
Without getting specific I do know of some workers within one impacted agency and to my knowledge they are not calling out sick like TSA workers are. They might have a bit better pay structure but not significantly more.
If I worked for TSA I'd still try the lawsuit angle and see if a court would agree that no pay means no work obligation. AT least that would remove the legal jeopardy issue.