A new message to federal workers sent from several government agencies suggests that the Trump administration may not give back pay to furloughed workers once the shutdown ends, violating a statute that President Donald Trump himself signed into law six years ago.

The message doesn’t explicitly state that furloughed employees — those who have been told to stop working during the federal shutdown but will return to work once it ends — will not receive missed paychecks. However, it omits them when discussing how excepted employees (those currently working without pay) will be compensated.

“Once an appropriation or continuing resolution is enacted, excepted employees are entitled to receive payment,” a sentence in the message reads .

The message does not offer furloughed employees the sa

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