Surviving Furlough During the Government Shutdown

Surviving Furlough -- LEE LEGAL -- DC VA MD

The first known use of the word “furlough” dates to 1631. The word is from the Dutch word “vorloffe,” meaning “permission” or literally “for leave.” The modern non-military definition of furlough is “a period of time when an employee is told not to come to work and is not paid.” Since 1976, there have been […]