Will government contractors

[abelenkpe]

Or defense contractors be affected by a government shutdown?

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[dballance]

1. Affected, not effected. /nt

[abelenkpe]

7. Ok

[Rosco T.]

2. My wife is one... they told them to come to work, they will not be shut down. n/m

[telclaven]

3. No

Funds have already been committed, so nothing about the current situation will affect contractors. Unless, that is, they will have no government oversight. In my case, I work in a mix office, some civilian some uniformed personnel and the rest contractors. In case of shut down, the civilians stay home but conracors and military continue to function. If, for some real, the military also stopped showing up, the contractors could not perform their duties unsupervised. We'd still get paid, though, as I said funds have already been allocated to this year.

[winter is coming]

4. My understanding is that they won't be paid, so yes. n/t

[Rosco T.]

5. Your understand is wrong. They will be paid and will be working n/m

[winter is coming]

6. Apparently, it depends on where/who they are.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/shutdown-would-hit-contractors-but-circumstances-would-vary/2013/09/24/227b4940-2547-11e3-b75d-5b7f66349852_story.html

[dballance]

8. It is illegal to not pay workers for hours worked.

That is federal law. Perhaps they will be delayed in their payments but if they clock-in and work they must be paid. It may be retro-active, but they must be paid.

[abelenkpe]

10. Whoa, really?

Hope people keep working then and get paid in a timely manner.

Wish the private sector was the same. I'm still owed for three weeks work from a studio that went bankrupt last year. It'd be sweet to have that money now...

[hack89]

12. If the contract has been awarded then yes they will be paid.

money from previous fiscal years is still good. A shut down means no new money.

[hootinholler]

9. It depends entirely on the contract

Some will not be affected at all, others will have work stopped, and some (like the one I'm on) will have partial work stoppages.

[abelenkpe]

11. I'm sorry to hear that.

Hopefully there will be no shutdown and republicans will give up this insanity.

[NutmegYankee]

13. Generally yes.

The shutdown affects Government agencies, which cannot spend money because of the Anti-Deficiency Act. Contractors likely got their money in advance and once in their coffers aren't affected by US Gov budget rules. Now if a contractor needed funding because the contract runs out on Oct 1, then they will have to layoff employees.