furloughs

A man with "flu world order" written on his back walks in London on Tuesday, as the U.K. continues its lockdown. The U.K. is doubling the length of its worker furlough program, citing the need to help employees when the economy reopens.

World News

U.K. Extends Coronavirus Furlough Payments To Workers Through End Of October

2:24pm May 12, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The U.K. program pays people idled by the COVID-19 pandemic up to around $3,088 a month. Some 7.5 million jobs have been furloughed.

Tourists rest on a bench on Sunday in lower Manhattan after discovering that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown. It's reopening today using state funding.

National
Politics & Government

The Thorny Logistics Of A Government Shutdown

11:29am January 22, 2018

by Miles Parks

The partial federal shutdown that went into effect at midnight on Friday has a broad impact, from closing Independence Hall to furloughs at the Department of Education.