Mo. National Guard resumes full staffed work

Intro:	The shutdown is over and furloughed workers are coming back, but Missouri federal workers aren't all back to receiving paychecks.
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Wrap: With the shutdown over, federal employees like the Missouri National guard have all started to come back to work.

Missouri National Guard Public Affairs Officer Tamara Spicer the Department of Defense is keeping Missouri National Guard employees in the dark about if and when they will receive paychecks.

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Description:"That legislation was passed late last night so there's a lot of analysis that needs to get done and we will get that direction and be providing it to our employees as it comes."

Spicer says the Missouri National Guard will begin again with normal operation including resuming normal drill-week operations.

Each Commander will decide individually the details regarding training activities.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon O'Brien.

Intro:	Missouri civil employees see reimbursement for their time off.
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Wrap: Civilian employees will be receiving back pay for the two pay periods during the government shutdown in which the employees were furloughed.

Traditional National Guardsmen will not receive pay for their time off, but they will have the opportunity to make up the lost pay by doing to drills in one month.

Missouri National Guard Public Affairs Officer Tamara Spicer says the shutdown has affected the whole Missouri National Guard.

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Description: "It's been a difficult time and we are very glad to be resuming normal operations today."

Missouri National Guard workers are returning to work after several days of unpaid vacation.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon O'Brien.

Intro:	Some Missouri National Guard employees will get paid for time they did not work.
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Wrap: Lt. Col. Tom Crosson Defense Press Officer at OSD Public Affairs says all civilian employees in the National Guard will receive back pay for the pay periods ending on Oct. 5 and Oct. 19. on the next regular payday.

Traditional National Guardsmen will not receive pay, but Crosson says it wouldn't be unusual for these employees to make up the drills they missed and in turn make up the missed pay.

Crosson says employees are required to pay back any state unemployment benefits received during the shutdown.

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Description: "If there's other kinds of benefits that were paid from a different a source that's up to the source to decide if they want to be reimbursed or not."

All furloughed Missouri National Guard employees are either back at work or starting to come back.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Shannon O'Brien.