Comments on: “Federal workers sue government post-shutdown”

By: Boblipton

Boblipton — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:23:02 +0000

I was telling a friend about this article and pulled it up to read it to her. Somehow I read the last clause as “hundred, maybe thousands of dollars per lawyer.”

Bob

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:50:35 +0000

@gasman: The article says the ones suing were classified as essential workers, i.e. they were working during the shutdown. They weren’t laid off.

By: Jamie R

Jamie R — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:52:18 +0000

I don’t see what’s wrong with this. If the federal government wants to be exempt from the FLSA, they can do that. They’re not.

On the other hand, the anti-deficiency act probably means they’ll lose, since they had no contract at all for any payment between October 1 and October 5. They were working on a volunteer basis.

By: gasman

gasman — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:26:27 +0000

And they are doing this solely because the moniker ‘government employee’ is not already sullied enough.

What a bunch of entitled ninnies. Only in the bizarro world of government does a laid off worker get full pay. And now they think they need a bonus to go with their paid time off.