When a longtime Social Security employee in the US scheduled surgery for early October, she did not think that a routine medical procedure could become a career risk. Empty security lines as visitors turn away from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, which is closed due to the federal government shutdown, in Washington, DC, US,(Bloomberg) The operation would have required two weeks off to recover but this absence was necessary. But the federal government shutdown changed everything, turning what should have been a simple decision about her health into a stressful matter. ‘I could be laid off’: Employee During the shutdown, taking...
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Could not take a chance’: Social Security worker delays surgery amid US shutdown
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