A federal judge denied requests from unions representing employees required to work through the government shutdown that they either be paid or have the option to skip work while missing paychecks.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled to keep the status quo, saying that an order to skip work would be "chaotic" in a best-case scenario and "catastrophic" at worst.
Lawyers of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association had sued the Trump administration to get their controllers be paid while working during the shutdown. Lawyers also argued withholding pay violated U.S. labor laws.
Leon said only Congress can appropriate the funds to pay federal workers and would not force the Treasury Department to allocate funds to the furloughed employees.
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