Trump Signs Bill To Compensate US Govt. Employees For Wages Lost In Shutdown - White House

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th January, 2019) President Donald Trump has signed into law congressional legislation to compensate US Federal employees for all the wages they would have lost during the current government shutdown, the White House said in a statement.

"[T]he President signed...

the 'Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,' which requires the compensation of government employees for wages lost, work performed, or leave used during a lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2018," the statement said on Wednesday.

The bill also entitles excepted federal government employees to use leave during a lapse in appropriations, the White House said.

The shutdown, which has been caused by a standoff between Trump and his Republican majority in the Senate, and the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has now continued for nearly four weeks and is the longest government shutdown in US history.