Federal employees who were required to work during the partial government shutdown in 2013 and who are not considered exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act are seeking damages for having their pay delayed by two weeks. A federal judge has ruled that the federal government violated the Fair Labor Standards Act when it required certain essential federal workers to work during the partial government shutdown period of October 1-5 but delayed paying them their regularly scheduled pay for that work until two weeks later and, as a result, did not pay them minimum wage for that period. While the federal employees were ultimately paid for this period, they are seeking liquidated damages for this two-week delay due to the financial hardship and damage caused.
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