furloughed?

[WorkFE]

Actually Viva, Yes, Fosters Beer is UNION MADE IN THE USA now. Albany Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas are were UNION MADE IN THE USA Fosters is brewed and canned.
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And Sam Adams beer is NOT a Union beer.

Ya gotta know who the Union beer makers are if you're going to drink Union.

Not to my taste. I prefer my home brews, sorry not Union.

 

[James48843]

OMB: Federal Employees Should Expect To Return To Work Thursday.
President to sign tonight

Source: TPM

Federal employees furloughed as a result of the government shutdown should expect to return to work tomorrow morning, Office of Management and Budget director Sylvia Matthews Burwell announced in a statement on Wednseday night.

"Now that the bill has passed the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, the President plans to sign it tonight and employees should expect to return to work in the morning," Burwell said in a statement moments after the House passed a deal to avert default and reopen the government. "Employees should be checking the news and OPM's website for further updates."

Read more: OMB: Federal Employees Should Expect To Return To Work Thursday

 

[James48843]

Can't even muster up an American Beer, like maybe Sam Adams? What's the deal? Is Fosters a Union Shop? :laugh:

Then again, I don't think Sam Adams would be celebrating under the circumstances. I think he'd be gearing up for battle.

Actually Viva, Yes, Fosters Beer is UNION MADE IN THE USA now. Albany Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas are were UNION MADE IN THE USA Fosters is brewed and canned.


And Sam Adams beer is NOT a Union beer.

Ya gotta know who the Union beer makers are if you're going to drink Union.
Labor 411

 

[bjean]

Yes, hope all that were furloughed are off until Monday!!! I am so grateful for being able to retire at age 56 over a year ago. My heart goes out to all of you that were furloughed and the poor chaps who have to work. The last time we were furloughed 17 years ago I was on maternity leave. I do not miss any of the stress or the government style of owning your soul while I was employed by the feds. It is a tragic comedy witnessing both parties in Washington dig our country's future into the ground. In retirement I am 100 % in stocks which is risky but has paid off finally this year for me.

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

The President will sign it tomorrow, PROVIDED it passes both houses tonight. I am told that the
House has to pass it first, then the Senate can (all appropriations must originate in the House) and only then
will it be transmitted to the President for signature.

I think it will be safe for you to plan on sleeping in tomorrow, Burro.


I know I got two giant beer cans (Fosters) -

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and I'm going to open and drink the first one when it passes the House, and the other one when it passes the Senate.

They are both getting cold now.

Can't even muster up an American Beer, like maybe Sam Adams? What's the deal? Is Fosters a Union Shop? :laugh:

Then again, I don't think Sam Adams would be celebrating under the circumstances. I think he'd be gearing up for battle.

 

[James48843]

does anybody know by what time the measure must pass in order for them to require me to report to work tomorrow? when they laid me off they said once we get funding to reopen we will call you back to work the next day. does that mean if they call me after business hours today then they really can't count it as calling me until tomorrow and so i report on friday?

The President will sign it tomorrow, PROVIDED it passes both houses tonight. I am told that the
House has to pass it first, then the Senate can (all appropriations must originate in the House) and only then
will it be transmitted to the President for signature.

I think it will be safe for you to plan on sleeping in tomorrow, Burro.


I know I got two giant beer cans (Fosters) -



and I'm going to open and drink the first one when it passes the House, and the other one when it passes the Senate.

They are both getting cold now.

 

[Buster]

Take the rest of the week off and don't answer the phone and wait until next Monday to see what's happening....You've earned it..

 

[burrocrat]

does anybody know by what time the measure must pass in order for them to require me to report to work tomorrow? when they laid me off they said once we get funding to reopen we will call you back to work the next day. does that mean if they call me after business hours today then they really can't count it as calling me until tomorrow and so i report on friday?

 

[Weather]

From the Wall Street Journal

The Senate agreement includes no major alterations to the 2010 health-care law. But the deal will include one minor change sought by Republicans, setting new procedures to verify the incomes of some people receiving government subsidies for health-insurance costs. Negotiators rejected a Democratic proposal to delay for one year a fee of $63 per insured person levied on groups that offer health policies, including employers, labor unions and insurance carriers—a fee opposed by many large employers and unions. The agreement does includes backpay for all federal workers who were furloughed during the government shutdown.

Senate Leaders Reach Bipartisan Deal - WSJ.com

 

[tsptalk]

Great Shots, ILoveTDs!

Feel free to add them to the Mug Shots Page... http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/vbtube_add.php?do=addphoto

Thanks!

 

[burrocrat]

way too cool! i wish i had thought of that.

 

[ILoveTDs]

TSP Mug shoot at furloughed national forest.

 

[WorkFE]

Employees Recalled under POMA:
DoD employees furloughed on October 1, 2013, then recalled to work based on the POMA, effective October 6, 2013, will receive their regular pay and allowances through September 30, as they were affected by the lapse in appropriation and were furloughed from October 1-5. They will receive their regular pay and allowances for subsequent pay periods via the authority and appropriation in POMA. Until and unless Congress passes legislation to restore their pay and allowances for October 1-5, AND there is a 2014 appropriation for the Department, these employees will not receive pay or allowances for the days upon which they were furloughed. These employees will be paid for the time they spent conducting orderly shutdown activities on October 1, but they will not receive that pay until there is a 2014 appropriation for the Department by which they may be paid. Employees recalled under POMA may take annual and sick leave; normal Federal holiday rules apply for Columbus Day. Furlough affects leave accrual. Most employees already have taken six furlough days (48 hours); when they reach a total of 10 furlough days or 80 hours (on/about 4 October), they will lose the sick and annual leave they would have earned for the pay period. Once an employee reaches 80 hours of non-pay time during a calendar year, no leave is accrued during the pay period that threshold is reached. A new 80-hour threshold begins the following pay period, and employees will again lose leave in each pay period in which the employee reaches 80 hours in a non-pay status. If Congress restores pay to furloughed employees, any lost leave will also be restored.

 

[WorkFE]

Excepted from Furlough:
DoD employees originally subject to, but excepted from, the shutdown furlough will receive their regular pay and allowances on time via the authority and appropriation in the “Pay Our Military Act” (POMA). These employees will receive a normal paycheck for the pay period that includes October 1-5. These employees may now also take annual and sick leave; normal Federal holiday rules apply for Columbus Day.

 

[burrocrat]

i am so not worried about this furlough thing anymore. a quick check of the ups website shows the world has not stopped turning. the tracking number says my month's worth of mre's were in the town 30 miles away at 3:00 am this morning but are 'out for delivery' now. oh goody, that gal with the cute brown shorts is going to visit me today!

that plus the case lot goods from the grocery store next week and deer season is soon open means i'm in the berries. i can eat for at least 4 months. sure, there's bills due and stuff. but eventually if i don't work out arrangements to pay then they still have to come claim it, you got to catch me if you want me to hang. besides, almost nobody hardly ever ventures out this far and i'm a good shot. (vlm, wear brown shorts or remember the hand signal, salsa's on).

 

[burrocrat]

Looks like you got the makings of a great salsa. Can you send me some?

no, but you're welcome to stop by any time. mi casa, su casa.

 

[Viva_La_Migra]

i am reminded of the generosity of human nature today, from all walks of life. sure there has been the friendly jokes at the gas station and the grocery store the last few days 'so how you enjoying your vacation'? and despite my protests they insist i should be back-paid for work i didn't do because it's not my fault, and these are mostly folks who detest gov oversight and intervention.

i'm at the grocery this morning for cheese and sauce and tortillas to make chicken enchiladas out of the half a bird i have left over from yesterday for dinner and they are out of flour tortillas, just two raggedy packs of small corn ones. when i ask if they have any flour ones the owner comes out of the back and says not until tuesday but i have an unopened pack at home, i'll call my wife, stop by on your way home. so i go to the checkout with my basket and to turn in my slip for the case lot sale, $250 of canned goods like stewed tomatoes and tuna and chicken and corn and green beans, and he just nods to the cashier write it down, it's all on sale anyway, it'll be here next week, pay me when you can. i walk out of there without writing a check.

his wife loads me up with two bags full of garden tomatoes and jalepenos and bell peppers and onions and cucumbers, and the tortillas. and i don't feel a bit bad about it because i've hauled trees or mowed lawns or changed tires for my share of folks when they needed it, and will continue to do so. that is what a well fare state is all about. it takes a village, but you won't find that in any gov gaurantee.

Looks like you got the makings of a great salsa. Can you send me some?

 

[jkenjohnson]

Got my marching orders through official channels today. "DO NOT RETURN TO WORK MONDAY", "You do not contribute to the welfare or moral of the DoD".

Hey, enjoy it. You are going to get paid. I did not get furloughed - been working the whole time.

 

[ILoveTDs]

Looks like the furlough may be over for some DoD workers.

Defense.gov News Release: Statement by Secretary Hagel on the Pay Our Military Act

Got my marching orders through official channels today. "DO NOT RETURN TO WORK MONDAY", "You do not contribute to the welfare or moral of the DoD".

 

[burrocrat]

i am reminded of the generosity of human nature today, from all walks of life. sure there has been the friendly jokes at the gas station and the grocery store the last few days 'so how you enjoying your vacation'? and despite my protests they insist i should be back-paid for work i didn't do because it's not my fault, and these are mostly folks who detest gov oversight and intervention.

i'm at the grocery this morning for cheese and sauce and tortillas to make chicken enchiladas out of the half a bird i have left over from yesterday for dinner and they are out of flour tortillas, just two raggedy packs of small corn ones. when i ask if they have any flour ones the owner comes out of the back and says not until tuesday but i have an unopened pack at home, i'll call my wife, stop by on your way home. so i go to the checkout with my basket and to turn in my slip for the case lot sale, $250 of canned goods like stewed tomatoes and tuna and chicken and corn and green beans, and he just nods to the cashier write it down, it's all on sale anyway, it'll be here next week, pay me when you can. i walk out of there without writing a check.

his wife loads me up with two bags full of garden tomatoes and jalepenos and bell peppers and onions and cucumbers, and the tortillas. and i don't feel a bit bad about it because i've hauled trees or mowed lawns or changed tires for my share of folks when they needed it, and will continue to do so. that is what a well fare state is all about. it takes a village, but you won't find that in any gov gaurantee.