"What's surprising at this point is how long it's going on... This is really causing a lot of issues for contractors and their employees," said Andrew Turnbull ...

Guest:	Andrew Turnbull
Title:	Morrison and Foerster
Summary:	As the shutdown stretches on, federal contractors face growing wage and hour risks, from delayed payments to potential violations of labor law. Employers trying to do the right thing may still stumble into legal trouble.

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Interview transcript:

Terry Gerton Well, we’re now in the midst of the longest lapse in appropriations in our government’s history at the federal level, so we kind of were tuned in to the impacts right away on federal workers and contractor workers. What are you seeing now that this has gone on for over a month?

Andrew Turnbull [It’s] really creating a lot of challenges for federal contractors and their employees. I think we’ve seen, unfortunately over the last decade or so, a number of different government shutdowns. And so I think it’s not surprising to either federal contractors or employees that there was going to be a shutdown potentially this time. I think what is surprising at this point is how...

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