Agents Warn Shutdown Will Delay Injury Payments

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefAn association representing 12,000 active and retired agents of the FBI said the partial shutdown of the federal government will leave agents that are still working without immediate pay if they are injured on the job.The FBI Agents Association said in a press release that the government furlough prevents agents from electing to receive sick pay immediately instead of waiting for benefits through the Federal Employees' Compensation Act.Joshua Zive, outside counsel to the association, said in an interview Tuesday that the group has been unable to get...