Another federal government shutdown appears imminent as lawmakers reportedly remain deadlocked along partisan lines on an agreement to extend funding ahead of a 12:00 a.m. October 1, 2023 deadline. A government shutdown—which would be the first since a 35-day shutdown that lasted from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019—would result in tens of thousands of federal employees being furloughed and would bring federal agencies charged with enforcing federal labor and employment laws to a standstill.

Quick Hits

• President Biden must sign funding legislation by 12:00 a.m. October 1, 2023, to avoid a federal government shutdown.
• A shutdown would result in tens of thousands of federal government workers being furloughed and halt activities by several federal labor and employment agencies.

Several federal departments and agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), have recently updated their contingency plans for continued operations in the event of a lapse of appropriation. Here is a breakdown of those plans.

Department of Labor

The DOL would only retain less than a third of its more than 15,000 workers, hampering the DOL’s agencies from continuing their missions. According to the DOL’s contingency plan, the department would stop many activities aside from “monitor[ing] and respond[ing] to imminent threats to human life, child labor investigations,” and processing...

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