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ByLauraE.Lee CapitalNewsService WASHINGTONWithaloominggovernmentshutdown,the Marylandunemploymentdivisionisbracingforapotential

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Marylandunemploymentdivisionisbracingforapotential increaseinclaimsbyfurloughedfederalworkers. Thedivisionalreadyhasplansinplacetohandleadditional claims,saidMikeRaia,spokesmanfortheMarylandDepartment ofLabor,LicensingandRegulation.Informationoneligibilityand howtofileunemploymentclaimsisavailableat www.mdunemployment.com. "IftheshutdownhappensonFriday,therewillbeanapplication uponthatsiteearlynextweek,eitherMondayorTuesday,that willallowfederalemployeestofiletheirclaimonline,"hesaid. TheMarylanddepartmentadministerstheUnemployment CompensationforFederalEmployeesplan.Whiletheprogramis managedbyindividualstates,thefederalgovernmentpaysall benefitsandadministrativecosts,Raiasaid. Marylandresidentswhoworkinanotherstatecanaccess informationthroughthesitebutmustfileclaimsinthe jurisdictionwheretheywork. Marylandworkersareamongthenation'smorethan2million

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federalworkersfacingfurloughsunlesstheyaredesignated"excepted"employees.Evenwith suchadesignation,itisunclearwhetherworkerswhostayonthejobduringashutdownwillbe paid.

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paid. TheOfficeofPersonnelManagementdefines"exceptedemployees"asthosewhodo emergencyworkconcerningthesafetyofhumanlifeorpropertyprotection.Thegroupalso includesthoseworkerswhocarryoutdutiesrequiredforagencyoperationstobesuspended. Thoughagenciesreceiveguidelines,eachmustdeterminewhichofitsworkersare"excepted." Forexample,attheNationalParkService,3,200ofthe16,700employeeswouldcontinueto workthroughashutdown. "Mostofthosewouldbelawenforcementtosecuretheentrances,"saidParkService spokesmanDavidBarna. Otheremployeesonthejobduringashutdownwouldincludethosewhomaintaincrucial infrastructurelikesewagetreatmentcenters,Barnasaid. Sen.BarbaraMikulski,DMd.,warnedoftheindirecteffectsofashutdownontheparksystem inaspeechontheHouseflooronWednesday."DoyouknowthatthoseNationalParks generate270,000privatesectorjobsincampgrounds,restaurants,gasstations,(and)vendors tothenationalparks?"shesaid. TheParkServiceaskedindividualsuperintendentstoassesstheirneedsanddeterminehow manyworkerswouldberequiredtoprotectandmaintainparkproperties,basedinpartonhow theirsitesfunctionedduringthe1995shutdown.

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Theplansofotheragenciesarelessclear.TheAmericanFederationofGovernmentEmployees, thecountry'slargestfederalemployeeunion,filedalawsuitagainsttheObamaadministration aftertheWhiteHouseOfficeofManagementandBudgetdidnotrespondtotheunion'srequest forshutdownplans. Theunion'scomplaintalleges,"nearlyallFederalExecutiveBranchagencieshavefailedor refusedtoreleasetheircontingencyplanstoeitherthepublicortofederalemployeeunions suchasAFGE." "Howagenciesaremakingthosedeterminationsisnotentirelyclear,"saidAndyGrajales, assistantgeneralcounselfortheunion. "Ithinktherewassomeguidance,someopinionsfromthe'80sand'90sthatIthinkwereused inthelastgoround,"hesaid."Thistimeitisn'tclear." BarnasaidtheParkServiceanticipatesworkerswhoremainondutyduringashutdownwould eventuallybecompensated. "Whathappenedlasttimeis,thepresumptionwasthatthepeoplewhoworkedwillbepaid,"he said."Theotherpeople,we'renotsure." Buttheissueofpayfor"excepted"employeesremainsanunsettledlegalquestion,Grajales said."Ithinkthatthegovernmentlackstheauthoritytopayemployeeswhoworkduringthe periodoflapsedappropriations,"hesaid. InalettertoOfficeofPersonnelManagementDirectorJohnBerry,theunionsaidthefailureto discloseagencyplanscreatesburdensomeuncertaintyforallfederalemployees. "Indeed,agovernmentshutdownwheresomeemployeeswouldworkandotherswouldnotbut wherenonewouldbeguaranteedpaycouldhaveadrasticimpactonthelivesofgovernment workers,"theletterstates.

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