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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We'd be happy with a furlough.  We just got the letter that my husband will be terminate as well as everyone on his contract in less they get funded.  14 days off is better than months, if not longer.

I don't care whose fault this is, just fix it.[/quote]

Then offer to take 14 days off with out pay and see if you can keep the contract. [/quote]

Right, like even if the entire contract staff agreed to this, this will make so much difference to the agency that funds them.  NOT.  If the contract is defunded, that will be because it is the best way to save a significant amount of the 10% that agency will need to make the sequestration cuts work for them.  There will be a penalty for defunding an existing contract including an early termination clause of payment to the contractor, which may be used, in part, to provide severance to those staff members who are entitled to severance (not all contractor staff will get severances).  There will also be a lot of governmental overhead to early termination of a contract.  It will probably cost the government a lot more than the overhead for staff taking 14 days unpaid to terminate the contract.  If so, they are looking at the long range effect of terminating that contract against whatever else might have to be cut in order to save the 10%.[/quote]

No severance, just terminated.  Companies have to be able to bill to provide severance.  If there is no money coming in, there is no severance.  Just the possibility of your job back, possibly at a much lower salary when this gets worked out.  I'd take the furlough any day.[/quote]

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