Furloughed Workers On the Hook for Work Expenses They Can’t Get Reimbursed
- Thousands of workers aren’t getting reimbursed for work travel
- Credit card bills add insult to injury for unpaid workers
Volunteers prepare food boxes at a Capital Area Food Bank pop-stall for federal workers in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2018.
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As if going without pay during the monthlong partial government shutdown isn’t enough, thousands of federal workers are dealing with another financial indignity: servicing debt on government-issued credit cards.
They are receiving credit card bills -- for which they are personally responsible -- for work-related expenses they incurred before the shutdown, but can’t get reimbursed because their agencies are mostly closed and funds are frozen.