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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the company and contract. DH is now home and burning through vacation to keep a paycheck. His company is [b]not offering to cover salaries while people aren’t billable[/b]. We are okay, but he has people on his team who are hurting. [/quote]

What does this mean? A salary is a salary. I don't see how they can choose not to pay-- it's not connected to billable hours unless that's the specific arrangement.

They would have to lay off. [/quote]

You can change things. They dont have unions. After 9/11 my friends company just cut salaries 20 percent for a few months. Did not want to lay off as they had a lot of projects on hold but could not afford to do full pay. And some companies like my old company, leave of absenses, FMLA, vacation time, sick time when we hit a slow time we pushed people to use up leave rather than lay offs as when work came back be fully staffed and could run months with no vacation days.

Or change employee status to hourly I guess then they only get paid when there it work. Or do a real lay off where you actuall will call them back when work reappears. Trouble is these companies need all there staff in a few weeks when everything reopens so mass firings will put them in a bind when work comes in.

They have to get creative. Best for both workers and company. [/quote]

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