LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — If you’re a federal employee with wages impacted by the government shutdown, you have rights and resources available through the state of Nevada.

There are 22,000 federal workers across Nevada, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR). The agency has guidance on how impacted workers can obtain unemployment benefits if they are working without pay, furloughed or had hours cut. Once the shutdown ends and workers receive their back pay, they must repay unemployment benefits.

Some workers are already starting to receive eviction notices. The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada has guidance for federal workers on rent, evictions, foreclosures and repossessions.

These protections only apply to federal workers whose pay has

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