Government may owe federal employees millions in shutdown damages

Federal Times: The government could owe hundreds of thousands of federal employees millions of dollars in damages for its inability to pay salaries during the shutdown last year.

Federal employees sued the government on October 24, 2013. Their argument: For the pay period that began September 22 and ended October 5, 2013, the federal government paid for only one week—which put many employees below minimum wage during the second week.

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