From unpaid leave to parental and military leave, federal workers have multiple options for time off under specific circumstances.

While the Trump administration labels the change as an “accountability” measure, worker advocates blasted the rule as a ploy to make nonpartisan employees easier to fire and replace.

We're tracking how this goes. I expect it probably to get a little bit worse and then hopefully it starts to get better, but we will see," John Hatton said.

The departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, State and Treasury, as well as other related agencies, such as the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, are currently experiencing a funding lapse.