https://www.cbsnews.com/news/furlough-versus-layoff-unemployment-aid-coronavirus/
Millions of workers are now in limbo as the outbreak freezes business across the U.S.
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https://www.voanews.com/a/washington-businesses-provide-freebies-for-furloughed-workers/1761736.html
Shutdown has not closed doors of local eateries, which are trying to help out fellow citizens with goodies at no cost
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/beer-donation-platform-announces-national-campaign-to-help-furloughed-federal-employees--one-beer-at-a-time-300783174.html
/PRNewswire/ -- Hoping to help furloughed federal workers and small businesses impacted by the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., entrepreneurs Al...
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https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/resources/engage-furloughed-staff-during-lockdown
See how Best Workplace recipient McCarthy Recruitment has kept their furloughed employees engaged and supported during the UK lockdown.
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https://www.fox5dc.com/video/527285
FOX 5?s Cori Coffin visited Bread for the City where they are offering a five-day supply of groceries to workers who are furloughed.
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https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/01/white-house-backs-paying-federal-employees-furloughed-during-shutdown/145339/?oref=ge-next-story
Trump administration wants to keep agencies open during a potential appropriations lapse, but is unclear which agencies will have the funds.
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https://psmag.com/news/viewfinder-nancy-pelosi-distributes-groceries-to-furloughed-federal-workers/
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and celebrity chef Jose Andres help distribute food to furloughed federal workers at the World Central Kitchen on January...
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https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/10/omb-deletes-reference-law-guaranteeing-backpay-furloughed-feds-shutdown-guidance/408650/
A White House FAQ now says restitution is only guaranteed to excepted employees forced to work without pay.
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https://www.albany.edu/news-center/news/2025-total-disaster-some-furloughed-workers-plan-hold-garage-sales-dip-savings
Insight from Lisa Baranik, a management professor at the University at Albany.
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https://www.defenseone.com/business/2013/10/hagel-orders-most-400000-furloughed-civilian-employees-back-work/71384/
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is putting most of the 400,000 furloughed civilian defense employees back to work despite the shutdown. By Stephanie Gaskell
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/warning-scapegoating-furloughed-workers-DWyXGy_2/
The right-wing media are starting to use furloughed workers as scapegoats, James O'Brien warned.
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https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/opinion/furloughed-arizonan-relies-doordash-survive-shutdown-40618771/
Nov 10, 2025 - Jessica Heide-Holwell works for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Surprise. Because of the government shutdown, she's missed three paychecks.
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https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/10/even-if-youre-furloughed-your-skills-dont-have-be/408965/?oref=ng-category-lander-river
Google is stepping up with the launch of an entire set of free online courses to teach people, including furloughed feds, how to use AI to boost product...
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