#gefta

#gefta

A letter from Acting IRS Human Capital Officer David Traynor to IRS employees stated that although workers would be "placed in non-pay and non-duty status during the furlough," GEFTA requires that federal workers who are "furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations to be compensated for the period of the lapse." It adds that they must be compensated on the "earliest date possible" after the lapse comes to a close.

"The law is simply not on the side of Trump's threats to withhold pay from federal employees that he somehow disfavors," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in a phone interview. Driving the news: The memo points to amended language in the "Government Employee Fair Treatment Act" of 2019, or GEFTA, that says compensation for furloughed employees is "subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse."