{"id":23666,"date":"2018-02-21T21:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/21\/opm-allows-flexibility-in-retroactive-pay-for-feb-9-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:34","slug":"opm-allows-flexibility-in-retroactive-pay-for-feb-9-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/02\/21\/opm-allows-flexibility-in-retroactive-pay-for-feb-9-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"OPM gives agencies wiggle room to determine shutdown pay, leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a Feb. 16, 2018, memo to chief human capital officers, Office of Personnel Management acting Director Kathleen McGettigan said that federal agencies that furloughed employees during the Feb. 9 nine-hour government shutdown <\/a>would have \u201csome flexibility\u201d in determining employee pay and leave for that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor many employees, the lapse in appropriations ended during their daily tour of duty. These employees had a portion of their tour during the lapse and a portion of their tour after the lapse ended. The retroactive pay provision in Public Law 115-124 applies to the hours during the lapse in appropriations,\u201d McGettigan wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithin the bounds of law, regulation, and agency policies, employing agencies have some flexibility to determine employees\u2019 pay and leave status during the portion of their tour that occurred after the lapse ended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t