Forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong forum or if this has been answered elsewhere. I did search old posts etc., but haven't seen this anywhere.
Recently, a friend was advised by their (small-business) employer that in the event of a Government Shut-down they would be working part-time or not at all (using PTO or LWOP). Now, to be clear, the friend is an overhead staffer at a company that offers primarily on-site staff services to the government. I asked and roughly 2/3rd of their contracts are T&M with 1/3 being FFP. On the surface this makes sense, since if all or most of your billable employees are unable to work, then your overhead staff shouldn't be able to work; also if the company has a cash flow problem and is unable to bill . . . but
As I understand it, presumably most of the contracts should keep going through a shutdown if fully funded and the employees are either allowed to work off-site or are 'essential' and allowed to keep working on-site. Also, I would think that even if the majority of employees are unable to work for whatever reason, wouldn't the employer be able to capture any kind of 'shut down' costs and/or request an REA related to a Stop Work?
I guess my question is: Aren't (at least some) overhead personnel costs recoverable under Stop Work costs?
I've only been through one government shut down and I was (happily) working an FFP at the time, but something seems odd about this situation.
Thank you in advance for your help!