‘The employees will get any back pay’
That is also a problem for me. Why would they be paid for time they didn’t work. They’re overpaid and underworked to start with, this is just an additional insult to taxpayers.
As far as I’m concerned, this is an occupational hazard of the cushy job they accepted. Sometimes, the tax river gets dammed up and stops flowing. Oh well. Should have not been so lazy and taken a job in the private sector and risked permanent layoff with no pay.
It’s far more outrageous to give the non-essential workers pay for time they didn’t work (assuming they ever worked at all). Paycheck Harvesters is all they are. If they’re non-essential for one day, they are non-essential for all days.
‘You’re Fired!’ as some famous guy once said...
Back in the 70s, my FIL worked for the ATF. I mentioned the job security he had and he said it was balanced out by their pay being less than comparable work in private life.
If that was true, allowing civil servants to unionize and drive up their wages must have cured it. Now, it’s all cush, no push.