Federal Contractors May Have a Bumpier Road to Recovery After the Shutdown

The partial government shutdown is now the longest running shutdown in history and there is no clear end in sight.  Some 800,000 federal employees have been affected by the shutdown.  They have either been furloughed, or even if they are working, they are going without pay.  However, although affected federal employees will get back pay after the shutdown ends, the current political landscape surrounding back pay for the four million or so potential affected federal contractor employees is less clear.  Thus, while the shutdown’s effects have introduced significant uncertainty, the aftermath of the shutdown poses an equal degree of uncertainty.