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Utah's 40,000 federal employees are uncertain whether they will be compensated for forced unpaid leave.

On the ninth day of the government shutdown, Congress showed no signs of resolving its budget impasse.

Ogden IRS employees say the shutdown will disrupt services that benefit regular taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Wednesday it would place about half of its employees on unpaid leave due to the government shutdown.

The news set off a flurry of confusion at one of the largest IRS processing centers in the country, located in Ogden, with employees uncertain about who had been furloughed.

Workers were also surprised to learn that unlike past government shutdowns, the Trump administration would not guarantee automatic compensation for the forced time off.

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