on furlough
idiom
: with permission to be away or required to be away for a period of time from the place where one is stationed or working : experiencing such a time away
soldiers going home on furlough
workers on furlough from their jobs
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The shutdown has placed 750,000 federal workers on furlough, forced air traffic controllers and other essential workers to work without pay and closed national parks, federal offices and museums.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Those on furlough and not working, who are in a better position to take on side gigs, are eligible for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees or UCFE.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
And hundreds of thousands more are on furlough, told not to work, but not paid, either.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
The federal government has shut down since last week's events, putting thousands of the agency's employees on furlough.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Those on furlough and not working, who are in a better position to take on side gigs, are eligible for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees or UCFE.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
And hundreds of thousands more are on furlough, told not to work, but not paid, either.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
The federal government has shut down since last week's events, putting thousands of the agency's employees on furlough.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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“On furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20furlough. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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