SUBJECT: Furlough Decision
As you know, due to a lapse in annual appropriations, Treasury suspended operations except for the performance of excepted activities as defined in Office of Management and Budget guidance. Because the current furlough will have exceeded 30 days, this memorandum is to notify you that the Department of the Treasury, will again furlough you effective midnight (12:00 a.m.) January 21, 2019 for up to an additional 30 days.
This furlough is being initiated under the authority of 5 CFR Part 752, Subpart D (non-SES and Schedule C employees) and 5 CFR Part 359, Subpart H (career SES appointees), because Treasury does not have a current appropriation for Fiscal Year 2019, which began October 1, 2018. The absence of continued funding is an emergency under these regulations. As a result, the 30-day advance notice is not being provided under 5 CFR Part 752, Subpart D (non-SES and Schedule C employees) and 5 CFR Part 359, Subpart H (career SES appointees).
When you are on furlough, you will be in non-pay, non-duty status. Paid leave, such as annual, sick, court, or military leave which has been approved for this furlough period is cancelled. Also, during the furlough, you must remain away from your workplace and you are prohibited by law from working, even on a voluntary basis. If you are in travel status at the time of furlough, return home unless otherwise directed by your manager.
All employees are receiving this memorandum; however, some employees in your competitive level (generally, positions at the same grade level and classification series, the duties of which are generally interchangeable) are not being furloughed, because they have been excepted from the furlough because of their specific duties. Unless you have received specific notification that you are excepted from the furlough, you will remain in furloughed status beginning midnight (12:00 a.m.) on January 21st, 2019 and ending no later than 11:59 p. m. on February 19, 2019.
For those employees who have been notified that you are excepted from the furlough you can anticipate a subsequent memorandum from your Business Operating Division outlining the specific instructions for your excepted status.
During the furlough, you may get information from the media about the status of the furlough. When you hear that a continuing resolution or an FY 2019 appropriation has been approved, you will be expected to report to work no later than four (4) hours after that announcement, if it occurs on a workday. Otherwise, you should report at your normal start time on your next regularly scheduled workday. In the event the announcement contains more specific instructions on when to report to work, you will be expected to follow those instructions.
As you know, due to a lapse in annual appropriations, Treasury suspended operations except for the performance of excepted activities as defined in Office of Management and Budget guidance. Because the current furlough will have exceeded 30 days, this memorandum is to notify you that the Department of the Treasury, will again furlough you effective midnight (12:00 a.m.) January 21, 2019 for up to an additional 30 days.
This furlough is being initiated under the authority of 5 CFR Part 752, Subpart D (non-SES and Schedule C employees) and 5 CFR Part 359, Subpart H (career SES appointees), because Treasury does not have a current appropriation for Fiscal Year 2019, which began October 1, 2018. The absence of continued funding is an emergency under these regulations. As a result, the 30-day advance notice is not being provided under 5 CFR Part 752, Subpart D (non-SES and Schedule C employees) and 5 CFR Part 359, Subpart H (career SES appointees).
When you are on furlough, you will be in non-pay, non-duty status. Paid leave, such as annual, sick, court, or military leave which has been approved for this furlough period is cancelled. Also, during the furlough, you must remain away from your workplace and you are prohibited by law from working, even on a voluntary basis. If you are in travel status at the time of furlough, return home unless otherwise directed by your manager.
All employees are receiving this memorandum; however, some employees in your competitive level (generally, positions at the same grade level and classification series, the duties of which are generally interchangeable) are not being furloughed, because they have been excepted from the furlough because of their specific duties. Unless you have received specific notification that you are excepted from the furlough, you will remain in furloughed status beginning midnight (12:00 a.m.) on January 21st, 2019 and ending no later than 11:59 p. m. on February 19, 2019.
For those employees who have been notified that you are excepted from the furlough you can anticipate a subsequent memorandum from your Business Operating Division outlining the specific instructions for your excepted status.
During the furlough, you may get information from the media about the status of the furlough. When you hear that a continuing resolution or an FY 2019 appropriation has been approved, you will be expected to report to work no later than four (4) hours after that announcement, if it occurs on a workday. Otherwise, you should report at your normal start time on your next regularly scheduled workday. In the event the announcement contains more specific instructions on when to report to work, you will be expected to follow those instructions.