That was not the case for our hourly production workers who suffered thru the Carter years with unannounced temporary layoffs and indefinite layoffs. During those years, there was not one report of government workers losing their jobs or getting laid off......
While laid off, our guys had to rely on unemployment benefits, unlike the government workers who will receive full pay for their time off once they return to work.
What ever happened to layoff benefits or are these government workers not considered laid off and instead on paid vacation?
They considered it a furlough so I expect rules are different. A massive firing would have different rules but the guberment would not do that.
If the workers are furloughed, they get benefits from the state they are working in. If the Feds end up paying the furloughed workers, the workers have to return the money to the state or abide by whatever the rules are.