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As the government shutdown continues, furloughed employees may apply for unemployment benefits if they meet certain requirements.
We hope this letter will help ease any financial burden DOL employees may experience as a result of their furlough," one note read.
With the shutdown continuing into Day 16, many military families and federal workers in Georgia are tightening their budgets and looking for help.
The Trump administration expects to lay off more than 10,000 federal workers during the government shutdown, OMB Director Russell Vought said.
Trump fired more federal workers during the government shutdown. It could strip their eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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Furloughed federal employee delivering food, packages in Massachusetts during shutdown to pay bills
Since the start of the government shutdown, a Massachusetts federal employee has swapped his office job for a driver's seat, delivering food and packages to make ends meet while furloughed.
Hawaii, has reintroduced a bill that would let federal employees and contractors defer financial problems caused by a government shutdown, a proposal he has introduced multiple times since 2019.
With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.
The government shutdown has been ongoing for more than two weeks, with an estimated 1.3 million people furloughed across the U.S. as a result.
Both “essential” employees, who are required to keep working, and furloughed employees who are barred from working, will start to miss paychecks. Overall, there are about 2 million civilian government workers, and 1.3 million active duty members of the military.
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