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OMB issues guidance on Reduction in Force layoffs due to partial shutdown
americanthinker ^ | Jan 16, 2019 | By Thomas Lifson

Posted on 01/16/2019 7:34:04 AM PST by 11th_VA

... A new statement from the Office of Management and Budget provides cold comfort for federal bureaucrats worried that furloughs during the partial shutdown could become permanent layoffs, as long as Democrats refuse to give in and fund the border barrier.

There will be no immediate layoffs (what the federal government calls reductions-in-force – or RIFs) if and when the current partial shutdown passes the 30 day mark in 4 more days. As I explained yesterday in Trump's shutdown trap?, federal law requires RIFs when federal employees are furloughed more than 30 days...

This emphatically does not rule out the shutdown trap hypothesis that I presented. ...

As the anonymous Senior Trump Administration official that I quoted yesterday noted, in the absence of bureaucrats with time on their hands and no inclination to help the Trump agenda, a lot is getting accomplished. As that process continues, after the 30-day mark is reached it will be possible to create a downsizing plan, identifying units that could easily get by with a fraction of their current staff, or even be reorganized out of existence.

The head of the OMB, Mick Mulvaney, currently does not have a lot of spare time, serving as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and as interim White House Chief of Staff (a 24/7 job in its own right). But if he is on board (and why wouldn’t he be?), he could well designate a team to prepare quick plans for downsizing, now that the various agencies have seen how little they need so many of the furloughed bureaucrats. That would make the furloughs qualify for RIFs...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: rif; shutdown; workforce
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To: marajade

The govt has had many RIFs over the past 40 years. There is nothing remarkable about them.


41 posted on 01/16/2019 8:56:42 AM PST by Okeydoker
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To: Okeydoker

The shutdown is triggering the RIF at 30 days.


42 posted on 01/16/2019 8:58:35 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: marajade

Wrong. READ the memo! Reading comprehension, it works!


43 posted on 01/16/2019 9:02:20 AM PST by Okeydoker
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To: 11th_VA

Hello my baby, hello my honey
Hello my ragtime gal...

44 posted on 01/16/2019 9:07:26 AM PST by servo1969
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To: ClearCase_guy
If this plan is followed and a downsizing proposal is officially revealed, Trump either gets an end to the shutdown, or he gets to downsize the federal bureaucracy

It's a 'win-win'...

45 posted on 01/16/2019 9:27:10 AM PST by GOPJ (Replace furloughed government workers with illegals for ten bucks an hour. Show dems how it feels.)
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To: Okeydoker

I read the memo. It said they don’t plans at this time to start the RIF. But there is a guideline in place that when the gov’t is shutdown for 30 days a RIF may occur.

I’m sure Mick Mulvaney has everything ready to go and every contingency covered.


46 posted on 01/16/2019 9:44:46 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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47 posted on 01/16/2019 9:46:44 AM PST by bitt (forget the electric chair..we're gonna need electric bleachers!)
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To: Baynative

Looks like a nice sampling of the 80% which does 5% of the work.


48 posted on 01/16/2019 10:07:04 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
And bye bye accrued retirement benefits and health care.

The reason government benefits are so generous is that back in the day government workers' pay was on the low side; the benefits helped them to get good people who thought in the long term. But now their pay outstrips much of private employment, yet the bennies remain.

49 posted on 01/16/2019 10:18:17 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: 11th_VA

The President just summoned back 10s of thousands of furloughed workers. That doesn’t seem like a step one would take before implementing a large RIF.


50 posted on 01/16/2019 10:24:10 AM PST by oincobx
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To: ClearCase_guy

Check and mate


51 posted on 01/16/2019 10:38:51 AM PST by Nifster (II see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: relictele

I don’t remember government workers caring about all the people losing their jobs in the private sector. Government workers get all their missed pay made up and still have a job. People in the private sector got no pay and have no jobs. Yet the media and government workers want the private sector people who lost jobs to feel sorry for them. They did not give a crap when they were laid off. Here is an idea get out and get another job.


52 posted on 01/16/2019 10:57:04 AM PST by klsparrow
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To: bitt

Thank you, I will read this carefully.


53 posted on 01/16/2019 11:54:57 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: 11th_VA

ping


54 posted on 01/16/2019 12:31:03 PM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: 11th_VA

RIF now!!! This is a great opportunity to Make America Great Again.


55 posted on 01/16/2019 1:28:28 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: 11th_VA

RIF! RIF! RIF!

Hah! Hah! Hah!

LOLOLOL!!!!


56 posted on 01/16/2019 1:30:05 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: oincobx

They have to work without pay. The IRS said they can process refunds with just half the staff. If that’s the case, why employ the other half?


57 posted on 01/16/2019 1:35:55 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I am still afraid that the Senate rinos will start to cry and give up. I think Trump would still veto, but it would look extremely bad.


58 posted on 01/16/2019 2:00:39 PM PST by Agatsu77
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To: Reno89519; 11th_VA
"After 30 days, it is clear that most are not needed and definitely not missed. Lay them all off, eventually pay them (Congress already said they would) for up to the layoff. Then, let them collect unemploy ment benefits and go out and find new work just like everyone else."

Exactly.

I've watched many, many people get "RIF'd" in the private sector over the years.

It's not the end of the world if 800k fed gov employee's experience the same.

59 posted on 01/16/2019 2:28:04 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: bitt

Thanks for the ping.


60 posted on 01/16/2019 2:44:24 PM PST by GOPJ (Replace furloughed government workers with illegals for ten bucks an hour. Show dems how it feels.)
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