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OPM gives agencies wiggle room to determine shutdown pay, leave

Federal Times: In a Feb. 16, 2018, memo to chief human capital officers, Office of Personnel Management acting Director Kathleen McGettigan said that federal agencies that furloughed employees during the Feb. 9 nine-hour government shutdown would have “some flexibility” in determining employee pay and leave for that day.

“For many employees, the lapse in appropriations ended during their daily tour of duty. These employees had a portion of their tour during the lapse and a portion of their tour after the lapse ended. The retroactive pay provision in Public Law 115-124 applies to the hours during the lapse in appropriations,” McGettigan wrote.

“Within the bounds of law, regulation, and agency policies, employing agencies have some flexibility to determine employees’ pay and leave status during the portion of their tour that occurred after the lapse ended.”

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