Originally Posted by
WillCAD
So, the only private sector employees who will not be paid at all during the shutdown are those who a) work for a company that was issued a stop work order, AND b) work for a company that didn't keep them working on other projects during the shutdown (such as companies who foolishly built their entire customer base on a single client).
Don't forget
FFRDCs. Federal facilities, but not civil servants. They don't bill the government, they're allowed to draw directly from the US checking account for
authorized charges. Their employees are technically contractors. Good news/bad news is that FFRDCs are usually forward-funded. They're told on a regular basis "You can draw $X amount for Y work." Good news is that money doesn't get shut off right away. Bad news is as soon as that advanced authorization runs out, employees are furloughed. No back-pay for the furlough period since they're not civil servants.