Reply to Posts 1328, 1309, 1283, 1351, & 1383 on 1/16/2019
Regarding the possibility of an RIF after 30 days Furlough.
This is taken from the National Treasury Workers Union Email cited previously.
“We are in a lapse in appropriations furlough. At the end of your 30-day furlough notice, you will receive a second furlough notice. Administrative furloughs have a definite duration, unlike lapse in appropriations furloughs, and are taken based of lack of funds or work. OPM’s regulations require that agencies use RIF procedures for administrative furloughs lasting more than 30 days.”
“You will receive a second furlough notice...”
Hummm...maybe if the second notice is a notice of an Administrative furlough that will last more than 30 days based on the earlier requirement that department heads draw up plans for reorganizations....
We are within 4 days of 30 days of furlough and will not have long to see how this plays out. It would require 30 more days of furlough followed by notification of an RIF, determination of affected individuals, followed by 180 days to find other openings, etc. We will see.
At this rate, those that didnt work will be let go. Those that did will be furlough for another 30 days.