Judge rules feds violated law during shutdown; could mean more pay for 'essential' employees

摘要

Federal employees who had to work during last October's government shutdown could bernentitled to more pay.rnA judge's ruling last week found that the federal government violated labor law by not payingrnwages to workers on their regular paydays during the shutdown. Roughly 1.3 millionrngovernment workers were deemed "essential" to federal operations at the time in 2013 and hadrnto work without pay.