References to businesses that are helping federal employees do not constitute an endorsement.
Please forward to any furloughed employees.
EAP
- Please remind your employees to use your EAP program for assistance.
BACKPAY GUARANTEED
- Today the President signed into law the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019. This Act guarantees retroactive backpay for federal employees impacted by the partial government shutdown. This covers all of our federal employees (excepted as well as non-excepted).
- The GEFTA Act can be viewed at https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/24/text
OPM GUIDANCE
- OPM Pay and Leave Furlough Guidance: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/#url=Overview
- OPM FACT SHEET: Pay and Benefits Information for Employees Affected by the Lapse in Appropriations: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough-guidance/fact-sheet-pay-and-benefits-information-for-employees-affected-by-the-lapse-in-appropriations.pdf
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
- California
- UI benefits for federal employees impacted by the shutdown: https://www.edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/FAQs-federal-shutdown.htm
- The claim needs to be filed using the DE1101BD Unemployment Insurance Application which can be downloaded on our website www.edd.ca.gov or call 1-800-300-5616.
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Furloughed-federal-workers-could-get-state-13525364.php
- ARIZONA: https://des.az.gov/services/employment/unemployment-individual
- NEVADA: http://ui.nv.gov/css.html
HAWAII: http://labor.hawaii.gov/ui/
Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund: offers loans to federal employees, https://feea.org/
- FEEA has put together some articles and resources at a national level: http://feea.org/shutdown/
TSP:
- Effect of Nonpay Status on Your TSP Account: https://www.tsp.gov/PDF/formspubs/oc95-4.pdf
- TSP Withdrawal and Loans During a Government Shutdown: http://tsp-withdrawal.com/tsp-withdrawal-government-shutdown/
Companies Offer Assistance to Furloughed Federal Workers Impacted by Shutdown
- Restaurants
- https://sf.eater.com/2019/1/14/18182373/bay-area-restaurants-supporting-government-workers-shutdown-specials
- Lefty O’Doul’s Buffet & Café, free lunch and dinner, 145 Jefferson Street, Fisherman’s Wharf, 145 Jefferson Street, Suite 400. All you have to do is show a federal ID. www.leftysf.com
- Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. is providing $25 gift card that can be redeemed immediately on-site for food and non-alcoholic beverages, to any government employees/contractors who have been furloughed during the shutdown. Just show your valid government or contractor ID and receive the gift card. 390 Capistrano Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
- Listing of Businesses helping Furloughed Feds, link below and attached: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/01/10/government-shutdown-freebies-deals-and-help-furloughed-workers/2523404002/
Food Banks:
- https://www.bayareahunger.org/
- https://www.kqed.org/news/11718314/bay-area-food-banks-prepare-to-help-feed-local-furloughed-federal-workers
San Francisco Federal Executive Board
Shutdown Status
SFFEB is Open.
Approximately 41,000 California federal employees are on furlough status.
Agencies Include:
Commerce
EPA
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
General Services Administration
Homeland Security
Interior
Justice
Merit Systems Protection Board
NASA
Office of Personnel Management
Peace Corps
State
Transportation
Treasury
USDA
USGS