We have been told that the furlough days cannot be contiguous.
IOW, if the days are contiguous, then unemplyment can be collected. B/c of the way they are handling this, no unemployment can be collected.
An extra turn of the screw.
If you worked for a private company, you might be getting a 25% furlough, otherwise known as “converted to part-time pay for Obamacare”.